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| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi (1931-) and social activists at NAACP March, marching east up Wisconsin Avenue. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Johnnie Tillmon addressing a Mother's Day March on Washington, ca. 1968 or 1969. George Wiley is sitting directly behind her, on the left. Ethel Kennedy is... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Members of the National Welfare Rights Organization, some dressed in choir robes, hold candles and a cross as they are confronted by police. This is at the... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Several members of the Wisconsin delegation who support Eugene McCarthy, gather around the state sign at the National Democratic Convention. Only Hilton H... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Midge Miller of Madison talking with an unidentified supporter of Eugene McCarthy at the Democratic Convention. Listening intently to their conversation is... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Lloyd Barbee in a somber crowd at a memorial gathering for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Charles Hayes (fourth from the right), an officer of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, with the UPWA delegation to the march. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a man in a suit leaning on a metal-work railing in the neighborhood of the West Fiftieth Streets. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A man and woman walking arm-in-arm up a steep sidewalk. The man is carrying a grocery bag, and the city street lined with buildings stretches off into the ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A defunct storefront with a man sitting inside and posters taped in the window. One poster depicts a woman posing in a wet shirt and the other advertises ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | View from below of two boys on a jungle gym. Some of the brick buildings of the Jacob Riis Houses rise in the background. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A group of five girls holding school books pose for a portrait in front of a building on Coney Island. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Three members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council Commandos (Milwaukee) kneel over George Wallace presidential ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Ernesto Chacon, a grape boycott organizer from Milwaukee, is wearing a jacket, sunglasses and a necklace around his neck. He is holding a United Farmworker... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips, standing on the right, is wearing a necklace and earrings and a checked blouse. On the left is Carol Baumann who is wearing a floral jacket a... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Children and adults having a tug of war during a play day at Marquette School. A fence and dwellings are in the background. |
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