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Laughing at Civil Rights Workshop

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Description: A man laughing at a Civil Rights workshop, probably in Seattle.
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Female Civil Rights Workshop Participant

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Description: A female Civil Rights workshop participant standing outside at Highlander Folk School.
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Anti-Civil Rights Protester

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Description: American Nazi protesting the rights of African Americans.
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Civil Rights Workshop

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Description: A woman speaking at a Civil Rights workshop.
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Civil Rights Activist

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Description: A female, African American Civil Rights activist wearing a fur pelt attending a meeting.
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Amzie Moore

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Description: Amzie Moore, noted civil rights activist and entrepreneur.
News Release

New Handbook Provides Civil Rights Teaching Tools

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tools for Teaching the History of Civil Rights in Milwaukee and the Nation is a user-friendly handbook focusing on Civil Rights history.
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Fannie Lou Hamer

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Description: Fannie Lou Hamer (1917 - 1977), an American voting rights activist and civil rights leader, visiting the Highlander Folk School. Two men are standing in th...
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Governor's Commission on Human Rights

Date: 10 29 1954
Description: The Governor's Commission on Human Rights gathers in the Governor's conference room.
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Mary McLeod Bethune

Date: 11 1946
Description: Mary McLeod Bethune (left), noted educator and civil rights leader, at the annual convention of the Southern Conference for Human Rights. The woman to her...
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Gertrude Anderson, Member of Governor's Commission on Human Rights

Date: 10 17 1951
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Ernest H. (Gertrude) Anderson, member of Governor Walter Kohler's Commission on Human Rights and Madison Human Rights Council.
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Checkers at Civil Rights Workshop

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Description: Two men playing checkers, while another reads a journal, taking a break from a Civil Rights Workshop at Highlander Folk School.
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Clambake at Civil Rights Workshop

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Description: Civil Rights workshop of Highlander participants partaking in an oyster feast on Johns Island.
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Mary McLeod Bethune at Civil Rights Meeting

Date: 11 1946
Description: Mary McLeod Bethune, noted civil rights leader and educator, is introduced to the audience at the annual convention of the Southern Conference for Human Ri...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

City will get shore rights

Date: 1927-02-02
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Manuscript

Wisconsin Senate Bill 16, S

Date: 01 17 1961
Description: Portion of Wisconsin Senate Bill 16, S regarding Governor's Commission on Human Rights.
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Civil Rights Workshop

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Description: A Civil Rights workshop in session at Highlander School showing Myles Horton, Mikii Marlowe, Essau Jenkins, Septima Clark and Rosa Parks in attendance.
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Myles Horton with Man Smoking

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Description: Civil rights period, Delta Ministry. Myles Horton speaking with an African American man smoking a cigar.
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Anne Braden and Julian Bond

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Description: Civil rights activists Bob Cunningham, Anne Braden, and Julian Bond during an event at the Braden Center.
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Civil Rights Group with Septima Clark

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Description: A group of Civil Rights activists, including Septima Clark (left), posing in front of the Highlander Library.

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