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| Description: | Portrait of Gloria Ray of the Little Rock Nine. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | "Martin Luther King .... at Communist Training School," a broadside received by Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, while civil rights legislation was bei... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Exterior of a home taken by a civil rights volunteer. "The front porch of our home at Mrs. Willie Thompson's, 808 Augusta, McComb, Mississippi. The hous... |
| See an overview of the Society's Social Action holdings. |
| 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... |
| from Tools for Teaching the History of Civil Rights in Milwaukee and the Nation (Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2015) |
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| Description: | Social action poster depicting the Boston Tea Party. The Caption reads, "Sam Adams never actually said this, but he and his Sons of Liberty (those early Yi... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Image of a Freedom School classroom taken by a civil rights volunteer. Students are seated in what appear to be pews. "Freedom School - Freddie Green,... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Two women are outdoors seated at a table in front of a building, surrounded by several people. One of the women is holding a document in her hands, showing... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | A woman and a man stand and talk to a seated woman. The standing woman is showing her papers. In the background, a man sits on a sofa talking to a child se... |
| Date: | 03 1971 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of one woman and four men posing together. Caption reads: "NY RDD 3/1971. L to R: Marian Wright Edelman [civil rights activist and Yale boar... |
| Date: | 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Lloyd Barbee posing in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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| Description: | Portrait of Daisy Bates wearing a dark dress and beaded earrings and necklace. |
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| Description: | Highlander board member Arkapece Stevens drinking a Coke. |
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| Description: | Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, doing homework. |
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| Description: | Charred remains of a Baptist College after having been burned. |
| Date: | 09 1978 |
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| Description: | Wade Rathke seated at an ACORN meeting next to a woman. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | An unidentified rally in support of the rights of Willie McGee who was convicted of raping a white woman in 1945. His case attracted the attention of many ... |
| Date: | 08 1964 |
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| Description: | A young man at a nighttime rally (perhaps at a demonstration during the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City) in support of the MFDP. Behind him... |
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