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| Date: | 12 05 1924 |
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| Description: | Ku Klux Klan (KKK) wearing iconic masks and white robes parading down King Street to Schroeder Funeral Home for the funeral of Police officer Herbert Drege... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi speaking at a demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber protesting welfare cuts. Father Groppi is seated on the lef... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi with his fist in the air at the Wisconsin State Capitol during welfare demonstrations.He is surrounded by other protesters. |
| Date: | 10 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing a "Walk for Development" event, put on by Young World Development. Features three fists with different skin tones, and the motto, "The R... |
| Date: | 02 07 1950 |
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| Description: | Nine women, all but two in blackface and all dressed in drag for a minstrel show, presented by a St. Bernard's Catholic Church Christian Mothers group. Sea... |
| Date: | 09 09 1961 |
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| Description: | A group of students from the University of Wisconsin Student Council on Civil Rights picket a house on 540 West Mifflin Street and help to move out the pos... |
| Date: | 04 03 1964 |
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| Description: | Alabama governor George Wallace shaking hands with members of the Madison Exchange club. They invited Wallace to give a speech at the Cuba Club restaurant ... |
| Date: | 04 03 1964 |
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| Description: | Three people of the 18 protestors outside of the Cuba Club restaurant. A large protest sign states, "Wallace: Blood is on your hands." The protestors were... |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | The original caption states: "Willie Peacock, Charleston, Mississippi, field secretary for Student Non-Violent Coordinating Commission, discussing the Summ... |
| Date: | 10 04 1962 |
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| Description: | A long, orderly line of student sorority and fraternity members carrying umbrellas and marching in pairs to protest of the decision to ban the Delta Gamma ... |
| Date: | 10 04 1962 |
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| Description: | A long, orderly line of student sorority and fraternity members carrying umbrellas and marching in pairs to protest the decision to ban the Delta Gamma sor... |
| Date: | 10 25 1957 |
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| Description: | Benjamin Epstein, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, was guest of honor at a luncheon given by Governor and Mrs. Vernon W. Th... |
| Date: | 09 21 1990 |
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| Description: | An article in the Cleveland Jewish News reporting numerous antisemitic incidents on the University of Wisconsin Campus in Madison. |
| Date: | 09 17 1990 |
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| Description: | An article appearing in the New York Times about a series of anti-Semitic crimes in Madison. |
| Date: | 12 22 1929 |
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| Description: | Articles published in the Wisconsin State Journal and the Daily Cardinal regarding anti-Semitism on the University of Wisconsin Madison campu... |
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