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Milwaukee Grape Boycott Picketers
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Picketers in front of Kroger supermarket in Milwaukee carrying United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO signs that read, "Boycott Grapes" to support the grape boycott. Grape boycotts in Wisconsin were organized by the local farm-worker labor union, Obreros Unidos (United Workers), an independent farm worker labor union effort in the 1960s. Manifestantes por el boicot de uvas en Milwaukee Manifestantes enfrente del supermercado Kroger en Milwaukee sosteniendo letreros de United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO que dicen "Boicotea las uvas" ("Boycott Grapes") para apoyar el boicot. Los boicots de uva en Wisconsin fueron organizados por Obreros Unidos, un esfuerzo independiente del sindicato de trabajadores agrícolas durante los años 1960.
1969
Giffey, David
Publication Information
| Creator | Giffey, David |
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| Date Created | 1969 |
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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Collection Information
| Source Collection | South Madison oral history project and migrant farmworker photographs, 1966-1971, 1999-2000 |
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| Call Number | 1114000026 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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