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Date: | 1968 |
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Description: | Father James Groppi (1931-) and social activists at NAACP March, marching east up Wisconsin Avenue. |
Date: | 1968 |
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Description: | Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation" |
Date: | 04 19 1849 |
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Description: | Poster offering $600 reward for the return of three runaway slaves in Calvert County, Maryland. The three slaves are Henry Morsell, Jim Parker, and Bill Hu... |
Date: | 04 1854 |
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Description: | Poster advertising an Anti-Slave Catchers' Mass Convention at Young's Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 13th, 1854. The poster attempts to unite indivi... |
Date: | 04 07 1933 |
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Description: | Schlitz train and group of revelers, celebrating the end of prohibition in Milwaukee. Schlitz Engine #8027 departs to deliver the first Schlitz beer at 12:... |
Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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Description: | Edward P. Allis Reliance Works under the protection of the Wisconsin State Militia during the first general labor strike. The strike is also known as the ... |
Date: | 05 28 1963 |
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Description: | Civil rights sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter. Seated at the counter from left to right are by John Salter, Joan Trumpauer, and Anne Moody. People pour ... |
Date: | 10 29 1959 |
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Description: | Flyer for a rally "The Right To Vote" "The Fight To Vote" sponsored by the Federation of Negro Civil Service Organizations, Inc. Speakers include Jackie Ro... |
Date: | 1969 |
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Description: | A welfare demonstration led by Father James Groppi (center) in the Wisconsin Assembly chambers. |
Date: | 1969 |
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Description: | Father James Groppi speaking at a demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber protesting welfare cuts. Father Groppi is seated on the lef... |
Date: | 1969 |
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Description: | Father James Groppi with his fist in the air at the Wisconsin State Capitol during welfare demonstrations.He is surrounded by other protesters. |
Date: | 1969 |
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Description: | Father Groppi speaking at demonstration in the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber. |
Date: | 1964 |
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Description: | A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation. |
Date: | 09 1957 |
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Description: | L.C. and Daisy Bates watching television with Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus on the screen. |
Date: | 1962 |
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Description: | Daisy Bates and others at Woolworth's boycott. |
Date: | 1968 |
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Description: | Father James Groppi with young civil rights activists. They have all joined hands and are singing. |
Date: | 1953 |
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Description: | A group of carpenters pose in front of an unfinished building. The caption reads "Carpenters union donate wages to community fund". |
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Description: | Sherman M. Booth, anti-slavery editor, shown seated reading newspaper. |
Date: | 01 1952 |
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Description: | Herbert March speaking at the "Negro and White, Unite and Fight" rally in -8 F degree weather. |
Date: | 01 14 1964 |
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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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