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Isaiah Pyant Family Dinner

Date: 1946
Description: Isaiah Pyant family eating dinner.
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School Desegregation Pickets

Date: 1964
Description: A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation.
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Church on Easter Sunday

Date: 04 06 1969
Description: Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street.
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Boy Scouts, Troop #4

Date: 05 26 1945
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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Fair Housing March

Date: 08 29 1966
Description: Father James Groppi leading a fair housing march.
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Touching Hands

Date: 1964
Description: Governor Warren P. Knowles reaches up to touch the hand of a girl at the Lincoln Memorial on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The girl seated, c...
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African American Family Group

Date: 10 16 1948
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of African American families sitting along a long table, celebrating a birthday party at the Workmens Circle Clubhouse, 4...
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A March for King

Date: 04 05 1981
Description: 400 people march to a rally where they demand that the birthday of Martin Luther King, (January 15) be declared a national holiday.
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Halloween Parade

Date: 10 31 1977
Description: Thousands of people from the inner city flocked to a Halloween Party given to help keep children off the street during the holiday.
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Daisy Bates, the Little Rock Nine and the 101st Airborne Division

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: Daisy Bates looks out from her front window as members of the 101st Airborne Division prepare to escort members of the "Little Rock Nine" to Central High S...
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Children on the Picket Line

Date: 05 01 1948
Description: Striking members of Packinghouse Workers Local 392 in Baltimore getting ready for Children's Day on the picket line. Frank McCarty, of the UPWA, is about t...
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Wiley with Milwaukee Boys Club

Date: 08 28 1962
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley, in the lobby of the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee, with a group from the Boys Club holding campaign signs. They presented him with...
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At the Fish Pond

Date: 05 1902
Description: Small group of people, including Alex Krueger, Mrs. E.S. Goetsch, Barnie Goetsch, and Dorothy Goetsch at a fishing hole in Shelby Co.
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church Congregation

Date: 06 06 1948
Description: Group portrait of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church congregation in front of the church, 548 West Johnson Street, with pastor Rev. Cunningham. Members are prima...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 10 1948
Description: Group portrait of eight veteran Soap Box Derby racers who will be making their second or third attempts to win the city championship. They are shown liste...
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Booker T. Washington with Dick and Jenk Lloyd Jones

Date: 04 1914
Description: Booker T. Washington stands flanked by Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones (left) and Jenkin Lloyd Jones (right) near the shore of a Madison lake. Washington, desc...
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Packers Player Signing Autographs

Date: 1973
Description: Green Bay Packers running back, Ron McBride, wearing a #24 jersey and carrying a helmet, signs autographs for fans as he walks from Lambeau Field to the pr...
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Louisiana Labor Leader

Date: 1973
Description: Huet Freeman of the Southern Mutual Help Association of Louisiana and two of his children after winning three-quarters of a million dollars for farm worker...
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Union Christmas Party

Date: 12 21 1951
Description: The annual children's Christmas Party sponsored by United Packinghouse Workers local 42 in East St. Louis. With Santa Claus is local president John Condeli...
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Eddie Withers, University of Wisconsin Football Star

Date: 10 19 1950
Description: Eddie Withers, #11 on the University of Wisconsin football team, is shown with his 18 month old son, Eddie Withers III, after the Wisconsin team beat Iowa ...

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