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| Date: | 05 28 1963 |
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| Description: | Civil rights sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter. Seated at the counter from left to right are by John Salter, Joan Trumpauer, and Anne Moody. People pour ... |
| Date: | 11 01 1970 |
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| Description: | Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) protest in Detroit, November 3, 1970. Text at the top reads: "Nov. 3 — Elections Are A Hoax!" Handwritten on the le... |
| Date: | 06 15 1968 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Rat Subterranean News," an underground newspaper, featuring Hubert Humphrey dressed as a police officer wearing a gas mask and a tie around his n... |
| Date: | 04 1966 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Ramparts," an underground newspaper, featuring a drawing of then Vietnamese first lady Madame Nhu in a Michigan State University cheerleading uni... |
| Date: | 03 17 1970 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Burning River Oracle," a free underground newspaper, featuring a drawing of Jesus Christ crucified in front of the silhouette of an urban landsca... |
| Date: | 09 1957 |
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| Description: | The police used fire hoses to control the angry crowds that gathered near Central High School during the integration crisis. There is a boy on the ground w... |
| Date: | 02 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advocating the liberation of Angela Davis, an American Communist organizer and professor associated with the Black Panther movement. Created by The... |
| Date: | 09 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster calling for University of Wisconsin students to visit Washington, D.C., in the fall of 1971 as part of a civil disobedience demonstration. Features ... |
| Date: | 10 1967 |
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| Description: | Poster with a large image of the Dow Riot (Oct. 18, 1967) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, showing riot police beating protesters. Includes t... |
| Date: | 01 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster alleging that six men, possibly University of Wisconsin-Madison students, are undercover narcotics agents. Poster was created by the defense league ... |
| Date: | 05 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing a rally and candlelight march around the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library Mall and Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin. Presiden... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Marine Frank Huff, with upraised fist, being arrested by an MP near the Iwakuni Marine Base in Japan. Huff, a member of the GI movement of the early 1970s... |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee police approach a line of NAACP Youth Council members in an attempt to break up a demonstration. |
| Date: | 12 1970 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for a rally at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Speakers include Fania Davis Jordan (Angela Davis' sister), Abner Spence, and Frank Battagli... |
| Date: | 01 26 1971 |
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| Description: | A poster advertising a protest against the Vietnam war. A collection of political and military leaders gather in a make-shift indoor set. A crowd gathers a... |
| Date: | 04 1997 |
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| Description: | Arrest of Nukewatch demonstrators at a Nevada test site. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Men in hats are gathered around a nighttime bonfire, which was probably part of an anti-German demonstration. |
| Date: | 1986 |
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| Description: | Stratcom action photo, with several protesters kneeling behind a line with soldiers on the other side. In the background are a fence, missile, rocket and t... |
| Date: | 10 11 1967 |
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| Description: | Caption on reverse of wire photo: "She Digs In--An unidentified anti-war protester with designs painted on her face and carrying sign, "Sifting and Winnowi... |
| Date: | 03 29 2016 |
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| Description: | An individual holds up a sign which features the mug shot of Martin Luther King Jr. and a quote from him: "One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust... |
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