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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | "Harvest of Stars" radio and stage personality James "Jimmie" Melton talking with African American workers during a tour of an International Harvester's In... |
| Date: | 10 15 1934 |
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| Description: | Babe Ruth, wearing dressing gown, stands in the doorway of a train and signs autographs for clamoring fans, with a train porter in uniform standing by. |
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| Description: | Image of Frederick Douglass taken from his autobiography "Life and Times of Frederick Douglass...". |
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| Description: | Martin Luther King, Jr., with two leaders of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, Russell Lasley, and President Ralph Helstein. Probably at a UPWA c... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Cedric Belfrage (center), exiled editor of the "National Guardian," at a party for Paul Robeson. The man on the left is Canon Stanley Evans. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Paul Robeson reading a copy of the leftist newspaper, the "National Guardian". |
| Date: | 2009 |
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| Description: | Gilbert 'The Gravedigger' Brown of the Green Bay Packers in partial profile. |
| Date: | 01 26 1955 |
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| Description: | Jackie Robinson standing in front of a curtain wearing a jacket and tie. He is standing next to a podium, perhaps behind the curtain before or after speaki... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Stanley Zuckerman, Lloyd Barbee, Jackie Robinson, and David Obey. The photograph is inscribed from Obey to Barbee. |
| Date: | 01 28 1954 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin sports alumni and professional baseball players "Red" Wilson and Harvey Kuenn take a tour through the Veterans Hospital, talking an... |
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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: | Publicity still of actress Hattie McDaniel, in head scarf and blouse. |
| Date: | 09 25 1946 |
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| Description: | Publicity still of actor Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson. |
| Date: | 07 14 1964 |
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| Description: | View through fence of Pete Seeger and an unidentified woman stand outdoors near two parked cars. He was there for a concert he played in a church during Fr... |
| Date: | 07 14 1964 |
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| Description: | Pete Seeger walking outdoors through a crowd carrying two instrument cases. The concert took place during Freedom Summer near Hattiesburg. "Pete Seeger san... |
| Date: | 10 04 1964 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Henry 'Hank' Aaron tipping his cap to the fans during the Braves' final game of the 1964 season. |
| Date: | 04 1960 |
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| Description: | Stanley Zuckerman, Lloyd Barbee, Jackie Robinson, and David Obey are photographed as they are having a conversation. Zuckerman holds a cup, spoon and sauce... |
| Date: | 12 07 1961 |
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| Description: | Members of U.W. basketball team presenting a cake to their new basketball teammate, Pat Richter, at a party in honor of his being named to the UPI All-Amer... |
| Date: | 01 21 1964 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Braves baseball player Henry Aaron, left, and manager Bobby Bragan sharing a joke. They are guests at the weekly Pen and Mike luncheon at Rohde's... |
| Date: | 04 26 1979 |
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| Description: | A fashionably dressed woman is smiling and holding a book about Diana Ross. Caption reads: "Dressed in Diana Ross style, Denita Love, 23, wore a sophistica... |
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