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| Date: | 08 28 1957 |
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| Description: | Jubilant Proxmire supporters dance in the streets in Milwaukee after Democrat William Proxmire won the special election to fill the seat left vacant by the... |
| Date: | 10 1991 |
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| Description: | Richard Arrington, Jr. (at the microphone), the first black to be elected mayor of Birmingham, speaks to a re-election rally. Among the supporters applaud... |
| Date: | 03 1972 |
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| Description: | Campaign poster supporting Shirley Chisholm, an African American woman who was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th District for seven terms from ... |
| Date: | 04 23 1946 |
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| Description: | Paul Robeson, Mrs. Emil H. Jones and Leo Krzycki pose for a group portrait at the Win the Peace Luncheon. They are wearing suits and standing in front of a... |
| Date: | 04 23 1946 |
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| Description: | Paul Robeson, Mrs. Emil H. Jones and Leo Krzycki pose for a group portrait at a Win the Peace Luncheon. They are wearing suits and standing in front of a b... |
| Date: | 10 07 1980 |
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| Description: | Campaigning for vice president, former Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey visited an after-school tutorial program at the Scudder Homes project. Lucey was... |
| Date: | 10 07 1980 |
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| Description: | During his campaign for the vice presidency on John Anderson's National Unity ticket, former Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey greeted residents at the S... |
| View images produced by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, while they were challenging a white, supremacist delegation. |
| Date: | 08 05 1964 |
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| Description: | Page 4 of The Student Voice featuring the title "Shootings, Beatings, Bombings and Burnings," and a photograph of Fannie Lou Hamer. |
| Date: | 10 28 1964 |
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| Description: | Four small black-and-white portraits of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party candidates: Fannie Lou Hamer, Annie Devine, Aaron Henry, and Victoria Gray... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Front of a brochure bearing the image of Vel Phillips superimposed on the outline of the state of Wisconsin and the phrase, "Now is the Time for Excellence... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Dr. Joseph Carpenter, assistant professor of Afro-American Education & Philosophy, posing wearing a suit. This image accompanied publi... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A campaign poster for Reverend John Cameron, which includes voting information, a call for volunteers, and a portrait of Rev. Cameron. |
| Date: | 10 1988 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for Helen Barnhill, Republican candidate for Wisconsin's 5th Congressional District seat in 1988 that ran in Milwaukee Times on Octobe... |
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