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| Date: | 09 29 1918 |
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| Description: | A group of women wearing white nurses' uniforms are marching up a street in a parade. Some are carrying American flags, others are carrying signs and banne... |
| Date: | 06 13 1968 |
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| Description: | Several people are walking down a sidewalk carrying signs. Some of the signs read: "Tax Dollar Wasted by Tosa Board," "Wauwatosa School Board Unfair," and ... |
| Date: | 05 24 1957 |
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| Description: | Anti-military protestors demonstrating outside U.W. Camp Randall stadium during a review of ROTC cadets. Posters challenge compulsory service in the state ... |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | A group of people are marching up a city street holding banners, the most prominent of which reads: "Walk Against the War, Join CISPES [Committee in Solida... |
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| Description: | Poster with an image of people striking in front of The Capital Times and Wisconsin State Journal building. Text reads: Sunday, November 6 — 3 P.M. In the ... |
| Date: | 09 03 1945 |
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| Description: | The 6th Ward Contingent represented a community on the march. Black men, women and children from the CIO and AF of L, from small business, brought a messa... |
| Date: | 04 26 1971 |
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| Description: | Led by James White, president of DRUMS, members of the organization and sympathizers staged a protest Monday at the First Wisconsin National Bank, 743 N. W... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Members of the Nazi Party demonstrating in behalf of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). This photograph is part of the records of the Natio... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Members of the American Nazi Party demonstrating in behalf of the House Un-American Activities Committee against liberal attempts to abolish the committee.... |
| Date: | 11 01 1970 |
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| Description: | Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) protest in Detroit, November 3, 1970. Text at the top reads: "Nov. 3 — Elections Are A Hoax!" Handwritten on the le... |
| Date: | 09 1974 |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing a rally at Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Text reads: "The Ethiopian Masses Are Rising Up. Support the stru... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A large crowd participating in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam, as seen from the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol looking down State Street ... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A large crowd participating in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam, as seen from the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol looking down State Street.... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Close-up of two protesters on Ecology day at General Motors. The protesters are holding a banner and wearing gas masks. A large office building and a pro... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large crowd gathered in front of the Internal Revenue Service Manhattan District Office to protest war taxes. The protesters carry large... |
| Date: | 07 13 1946 |
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| Description: | Part of a United Public Workers parade/demonstration on a downtown city street. A horse-drawn wagon carries some participants. Parade signs read "No Swivel... |
| Date: | 07 13 1946 |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk of horse-drawn wagon on a tree-lined city street in a United Public Workers parade/demonstration. The wagon has a number of boys in it w... |
| Date: | 04 21 1961 |
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| Description: | U.W. students protest a rally by the Wisconsin Socialist Club, hosts of an event at the Wisconsin Union theater supporting Fidel Castro and protesting the ... |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips (left) is marching with the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council. In the background is the Lincoln Memorial. Other unidentified youth council members... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Signing of the 1975 Inheritance Tax Bill, 1975 Senate Bill 113. Protestors used the occasion to show opposition to the upgrade of Highway 18-151 to an expr... |
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