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Father Groppi Speaking at Demonstration

Date: 1969
Description: Father Groppi speaking at demonstration in the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber.
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Groppi Protesting Eagles Club

Date: 03 1966
Description: Father James Groppi and the NAACP Youth Council demonstrating outside the Eagles Club at night beneath a marquee advertising a Duke Ellington performance.
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White Oaks Plant Picket

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Description: A picket line of men protesting the Cone Mills White Oaks Plant.
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Father Groppi Singing with Activists

Date: 1968
Description: Father James Groppi with young civil rights activists. They have all joined hands and are singing.
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Herbert March Speaking at Rally

Date: 01 1952
Description: Herbert March speaking at the "Negro and White, Unite and Fight" rally in -8 F degree weather.
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Peace March in Ashland

Date: 08 1998
Description: Group of people walking across road during a Nukewatch peace march.
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Father Groppi Demonstration in Assembly Chamber

Date: 1969
Description: A welfare demonstration led by Father James Groppi (center) in the Wisconsin Assembly chambers.
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Refugees Demonstrate for Israeli Statehood

Date: 1947
Description: Refugees demonstrate for Israeli statehood at a Displaced Persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the H...
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"Jammin with the People"

Date: 1971
Description: Pete Seeger, performing for a group of Vietnam War protesters in Texas, probably near Fort Hood.
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Bonfire

Date: 1918
Description: Men in hats are gathered around a nighttime bonfire, which was probably part of an anti-German demonstration.
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Daisy Bates at Woolworth's Boycott

Date: 1962
Description: Daisy Bates and others at Woolworth's boycott.
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Fair Housing March

Date: 
Description: March for fair housing in Milwaukee. Father James Groppi is on the right.
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Demonstration at Badger Ammunition Plant

Date: 03 25 1966
Description: Anti-Vietnam War protestors demonstrate outside the Badger Army Ammunition Plant in Baraboo.
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Vietnam Veteran Holding Sign

Date: 
Description: A Vietnam veteran holds a hand-lettered sign that reads, "No More Veteran Guinea Pigs".
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Freedom School Convention

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: A group sings freedom songs at the Freedom School Convention during Freedom Summer.
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Veterans Housing

Date: 1947
Description: Three men at the University of Wisconsin, with tent and sign that reads "People of Madison! Vets in tent need rooms to rent".
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Freedom Fighters

Date: 11 1956
Description: A UPI photograph depicting Hungarian "Freedom Fighter" on the streets of Budapest during the Hungarian popular revolt against Soviet occupation. Note the ...
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Father Groppi at School Boycott

Date: 
Description: Father James Groppi and students from Boniface School join the public school boycott. They're clapping their hands and appear to be chanting.
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Anti-Desegregation Demonstrator

Date: 1963
Description: Man in a hat and long coat holding a sign opposing desegregation in schools. Possibly in Milwaukee.
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Mothers Against the War

Date: 1966
Description: Mothers and infants at a demonstration against the war in Vietnam.

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