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| Date: | 10 13 1949 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the twenty three members of the Governor's Commission on Human Rights standing on the steps of the Capitol Building. First row, left to ... |
| Date: | 05 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising a speaking event featuring Julian Bond at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House, May 22, 1971. Features a picture of Bond. Eve... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a student protest on the Library Mall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 02 1969 |
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| Description: | Large group of demonstrators walking arm in arm on a Madison street. |
| Date: | 06 29 1945 |
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| Description: | Members of the new Governor's Commission on Human Rights which will promote tolerance on a statewide basis and fight prejudice and hate. Shown left to righ... |
| Date: | 05 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising a public speech by Dick Gregory, African American comedian and civil rights activist. Event took place May 19, 1972 at the University of... |
| Date: | 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Lloyd Barbee posing in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 11 02 1965 |
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| Description: | Pictured, from background to foreground: Bobby Feinglass; John Lewis, noted politician and civil rights leader; and Alicia Kaplow, SNCC (Student Nonviolent... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster for a Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) march against racist unemployment, taking place March 20, 1971, in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento, C... |
| Date: | 04 03 1964 |
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| Description: | Alabama governor George Wallace shaking hands with members of the Madison Exchange club. They invited Wallace to give a speech at the Cuba Club restaurant ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Father Groppi speaking at demonstration in the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber. |
| Date: | 10 29 1954 |
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| Description: | The Governor's Commission on Human Rights gathers in the Governor's conference room. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Recruitment poster for a Soviet Jewry Freedom Bus, advocating the liberation of the Soviet Jewish population. Features large chain links and the phrase "Le... |
| Date: | 04 1972 |
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| Description: | Sign board used for protest in the wake of the Sterling Hall bombing that reads, "AMRC The Real Murderers,"in watercolor. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A welfare demonstration led by Father James Groppi (center) in the Wisconsin Assembly chambers. |
| Date: | 03 16 1965 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a large group of Freedom Riders carrying food and blankets and boarding three buses to leave Madison bound for Selma, Alabama to ... |
| Date: | 03 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing a pilgrimage for peace and freedom event, converging in Harrisburg, PA, March 25 through April 2, 1972. Features an image of handcuffed ... |
| Date: | 09 09 1979 |
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| Description: | A large group of people rallying in support of gay rights at the top of State Street on the Capitol Square. They are listening to a man playing guitar. Man... |
| Date: | 04 03 1964 |
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| Description: | Three people of the 18 protestors outside of the Cuba Club restaurant. A large protest sign states, "Wallace: Blood is on your hands." The protestors were... |
| Date: | 02 27 1960 |
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| Description: | Picketers walk the sidewalk in front of the F.W. Woolworth store on the Capitol Square. The protest was against the company's segregated lunch counter poli... |
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