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| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc... |
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| Description: | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee poster of an African American man in a straw hat and overalls seated in front of a weathered building. Text in th... |
| Date: | 03 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster announcing a performance by the Harlem Globetrotters at the Dane County Coliseum, March 9, 1971. Picture features a globetrotter spinning a globe on... |
| Date: | 03 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster announcing a benefit performance for the 1971 Ann Arbor Blues Festival. Featuring Jimmy "Fast Fingers" Dawkins, John Hammond, the Sam Lay Blues Revi... |
| Date: | 05 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising a speaking event featuring Julian Bond at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House, May 22, 1971. Features a picture of Bond. Eve... |
| Date: | 05 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising a public speech by Dick Gregory, African American comedian and civil rights activist. Event took place May 19, 1972 at the University of... |
| Date: | 10 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster supporting black students to register to vote. Features a student, with white face paints that reads, "Vote" and the slogan, "The Time is Now. Regis... |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing a New Year's Eve concert with Luther Allison at the Nitty Gritty bar in Madison, Wisconsin. Features text of an interview with Luther Al... |
| Date: | 02 05 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a drawing of Huey Newton to advertise his appearance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. Newton helped found the Black Pan... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Poster promoting fair hiring practices. Produced by the National CIO Committee to Abolish Discrimination, 718 Jackson Place, Washington 6, D.C. Prepared by... |
| Date: | 07 12 1931 |
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| Description: | Poster for baseball game featuring the I.G.A. baseball team playing the Madison Colored Giants, a team with a state-wide reputation for presenting baseball... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Black and white lithograph on paper. Title over image of minstrel company. Inserts of Lon and Billy Morris, left and right. Large image of man papering sto... |
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| Description: | Flyer for a screening of the film "Portrait of Jason," with a lecture by Shirley Clarke at the University Auditorium at Kent State on January 20, 1969. Inc... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A campaign poster for Reverend John Cameron, which includes voting information, a call for volunteers, and a portrait of Rev. Cameron. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | A poster created by The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party depicting a group of African American people standing together and holding hands. The text rea... |
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