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Anti-Vietnam War Demonstration

Date: 1972
Description: A crowd of anti-Vietnam war demonstrators march down Wisconsin Avenue with signs and banners. One banner reads: "Stop the Bombing. Sign the Treaty Now! U.S...
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Father Groppi and Demonstrators

Date: 1968
Description: Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation"
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CORE Picketers

Date: 01 14 1964
Description: Civil rights group CORE picketing the Board of Realtors at Coach House Motor Inn for fairness and equality in housing.
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Postal Employees Demand Higher Wages

Date: 08 1919
Description: View down long line of workers from the United States Postal Service demonstrating for an increase in salary to meet war-time cost of living increases.
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Fair Housing March

Date: 08 29 1966
Description: Father James Groppi leading a fair housing march.
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Student Protests, University of Wisconsin

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Description: Elevated view of a student protest on the Library Mall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Berkeley Anti-War Demonstration

Date: 03 1966
Description: International Days of Protest demonstration at the University of California-Berkeley.
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Student Mobe Poster

Date: 10 1971
Description: Two-color poster created by members of the Student Mobilization Committee Against the War in Vietnam, a national organization formed in 1967. The poster, w...
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Anti-War Demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1970
Description: A large crowd participating in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam, as seen from the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol looking down State Street ...
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WSP Peace March

Date: 06 1963
Description: Inter-racial demonstration at the second annual conference of Women Strike for Peace (WSP).
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Rally for the Panther 21, Central Park

Date: 1968
Description: Two protesters hold a banner in Central Park that reads, "Smash Racist Courts! Free the Panther 21, sds." Park benches are stacked on top of each other in ...
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Vets March Against Gulf War

Date: 07 04 1991
Description: New York members of Veterans for Peace, a national organization that united veterans of all wars, marching in a Fourth of July Parade.
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Veterans Day Parade

Date: 1991
Description: Members of the Clarence Fitch Chapter of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, marching in a Veterans' Day event, probably in New York City.
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ELF Peace Demonstration

Date: 08 09 2002
Description: Members of Nukewatch protesting at the Project Elf facility near Clam Lake. This protest was part of the organization's annual Hiroshima event, and the pro...
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Test Site Arrest

Date: 04 1997
Description: Arrest of Nukewatch demonstrators at a Nevada test site.
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Korean Student Uprising

Date: 04 1960
Description: The student uprising, in which 112 students were killed by the South Korean police in one day, led to the downfall of President Syngman Rhee. This event wa...
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Escalation of the Korean Crisis

Date: 04 1960
Description: In April 1960 a student uprising created a crisis within the South Korean government and the army was called out to keep the peace. Ultimately President Sy...
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Company Unions Memorial Float

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: May Day parade with a closeup of a "memorial" float for company unions. A man leans on the parked float. The float features a faux grave and the gravestone...
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Protests from Wisconsin State Capitol Building

Date: 03 12 2011
Description: Photographic collage taken from the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. It shows an area filled with thousands of protesters from West Washington ...
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United Public Workers Parade/Demonstration

Date: 07 13 1946
Description: View from sidewalk of horse-drawn wagon on a tree-lined city street in a United Public Workers parade/demonstration. The wagon has a number of boys in it w...

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