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Father Groppi and Vel Phillips on Hood of Bus
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Father James Groppi speaking through a megaphone from the hood of a bus. Groppi stands with Alderperson Vel Phillips. Several of the people in the assembled crowd wear Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council shirts. In the foreground are persons in helmets filming the gathering.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Milwaukee March
1967
Elevated view of a group of people marching in the street with Father James Groppi. There is a man driving a Milwaukee police vehicle in front, and one man is leading a donkey, which is wearing a b...
Vel Phillips and Milwaukee NAACP
Vel Phillips being carried on the shoulders of Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council members. On the right is Father James Groppi speaking into a microphone on a podium with many microphones. In the backgr...
Groppi and the NAACP Youth Council Meeting
Father James Groppi meets around a large table with the NAACP Youth Council. Several of the men are wearing shirts with the word "Commando" on the back.
Father James Groppi at NAACP March
1968
Father James Groppi (1931-) and social activists at NAACP March, marching east up Wisconsin Avenue.
Face-off between Police and NAACP Members
The Milwaukee police approach a line of NAACP Youth Council members in an attempt to break up a demonstration.
Youth Council Delivers Christmas Donations
December 24, 1966
Followed by father James Groppi, their advisor, four members of the Milwaukee Youth Council of the National Association of Colored People (NAACP), are walking up the steps of a home to deliver boxe...
