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| Date: | 05 26 1945 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #4 from South Side Men's Club, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park. |
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| Description: | Interior view of the crowds in the Wisconsin Industry Building and the building's unusual art deco decoration. Few photographs depict African Americans at ... |
| Date: | 02 02 1980 |
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| Description: | Protest march called in response to the murder of five activists, labor organizers, and members of the Communists Workers Party by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) o... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | An unidentified rally in support of the rights of Willie McGee who was convicted of raping a white woman in 1945. His case attracted the attention of many ... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 50 at a ceremony marking the closure of the Swift & Company plant in Milwaukee. The local was o... |
| Date: | 10 01 2008 |
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| Description: | President Barack Obama greeting supporters at rally. |
| Date: | 05 01 1938 |
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| Description: | May Day parade with a closeup of a "memorial" float for company unions. A man leans on the parked float. The float features a faux grave and the gravestone... |
| Date: | 02 18 1950 |
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| Description: | The Norman Ebron Band, members of the American Federation of Musicians, segregated Local 587, play coronet, saxophone, piano, drums and standup bass in a d... |
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| Description: | Jesse Jackson stands beneath an ACORN banner as he is photographed by a crowd of people. |
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| Description: | Two African American men working in a shoeshine shop. The younger man is shining the shoes of a white customer who is sitting in one of the chairs on the e... |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | A group sings freedom songs at the Freedom School Convention during Freedom Summer. |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Two women clap and sing at the Freedom School Convention during the Freedom Summer civil rights project. Behind them is a mural, and a banner that says "St... |
| Date: | 04 25 1964 |
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| Description: | Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, president of the Alabama Movement for Human Rights and a close associate of Rev. Martin Luther King, speaks to a rally of 400 p... |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips, in a flower patterned dress, standing next to an unidentified man who is wearing a suit and necktie. Behind them is a sign that partially rea... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Rear view of Vel Phillips sitting at her desk in the Milwaukee Common Council chamber. Other unidentified council members are sitting at their desks. The m... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | View of the front of a line of protesters marching down the street near to the Republican presidential debate at the Milwaukee Theater. The group is clappi... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Three women are holding up a banner for the Student Union Movement, a social justice group based out of Milwaukee Area Technical College. Two of the women ... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | A large crowd of men and women standing outside the Republican presidential debate holding signs, banners, and flags. Most of the signs read: "Black lives ... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | A young woman on the right is walking in front of a large crowd of protesters. She is wearing a reflective vest and is speaking through a megaphone. The cr... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | A large crowd of protesters standing on the street outside the Republican presidential debate. The group are mostly college age, although a young boy is st... |
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