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Book or Pamphlet

Ku Klux Klan Pamphlet Cover

Date: 
Description: Cover of a pamphlet featuring a question mark and the text "Why How What Who And You, KKKK" with a drawing of a Ku Klux Klansman wearing a conical hat and ...
Book or Pamphlet

The Kourier

Date: 03 1932
Description: Cover design of "The Kourier" featuring a klansman wearing a conic hat and white robes, holding a burning cross in one hand and the American flag in the ot...
Photograph

Father Groppi Leads Demonstration

Date: 
Description: Father James Groppi, seen wearing sunglasses in the middle of a crowd, leads a demonstration against discrimination.
Photograph

Minstrel Show Players

Date: 02 07 1950
Description: Nine women, all but two in blackface and all dressed in drag for a minstrel show, presented by a St. Bernard's Catholic Church Christian Mothers group. Sea...
Photograph

Rev. Claude Williams

Date: 1962
Description: Rev. Claude Williams and his wife Joyce, probably photographed at their house in Birmingham, Alabama. Williams, a Presbyterian minister, was expelled from ...
Photograph

Ku Klux Klan Members

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Description: Two people in robes and hoods standing beneath a triangular flag with an image of a dragon on it. The robes and part of the flag are hand-colored in purple...
Photograph

Brando & Groppi

Date: 1975
Description: Actor Marlon Brando (center) and Father James Groppi of Milwaukee arrive at the Alexian Novitiate in Gresham. The building had been seized by members of th...
Photograph

NAACP March with Police Escort

Date: 1967
Description: Father James Groppi (center) and the NAACP participate in a civil rights march. Police are armed and escorting the protestors. The marchers are passing an ...
Photograph

Father Groppi Resting with Marchers

Date: 1967
Description: Father James Groppi sitting with several of his fellow marchers, some in Milwaukee N.A.A.C.P. Youth Council shirts. Groppi has taken off one of his shoes.
Poster

Voters Welcome

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Description: A poster with an image of armed law enforcement officers surrounding a building during an election or voter education meeting. The text reads, "Voters Welc...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Article About Antisemitic Incidents

Date: 09 21 1990
Description: An article in the Cleveland Jewish News reporting numerous antisemitic incidents on the University of Wisconsin Campus in Madison.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Article About Anti-Semitic Crimes

Date: 09 17 1990
Description: An article appearing in the New York Times about a series of anti-Semitic crimes in Madison.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Articles: Anti-Semitic Feeling at U.W. 'Exposed' by Jewish Paper

Date: 12 22 1929
Description: Articles published in the Wisconsin State Journal and the Daily Cardinal regarding anti-Semitism on the University of Wisconsin Madison campu...

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