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Portrait of Rosa Parks

Date: 05 31 1960
Description: Portrait of Rosa Parks at Mrs. Anne Braden's home.
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Rosa Parks Interviewed by Anne Braden

Date: 05 31 1960
Description: Rosa Parks being interviewed by Mrs. Anne Braden, editor of the "Southern Patriot," at Braden's home.
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Rosa Parks with Friends

Date: 05 31 1960
Description: Rosa Parks (center) sitting with a group of friends. Anne Braden is standing upper left and Carl Braden is seated lower right.
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Myles Horton and Rosa Parks

Date: 
Description: Myles Horton and Rosa Parks, among others.
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"Fred Hampton is a Black Panther"

Date: 1971
Description: Poster with an image of Fred Hampton, a member of the black panthers, wearing sunglasses and a hat. Caption reads, "Fred Hampton is a Black Panther." Info...
Poster

Strike Him Down

Date: 02 1971
Description: Political propaganda poster featuring a red, white, and blue eagle being struck down from the sky, accompanied by the phrase: "Strike Him Down." The eagle...
Poster

Free Angela Davis Poster

Date: 02 1971
Description: Poster advocating the liberation of Angela Davis, an American Communist organizer and professor associated with the Black Panther movement. Created by The...
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Dombrowski Leaves Jail

Date: 1948
Description: James Dombrowski (center), head of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW), leaving the Birmingham jail with Doris Senk and the Rev. C. Herbert Ol...
Poster

Civil Disobedience Event in Washington, D.C.

Date: 09 1971
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 ...
Poster

1st Annual Marijuana Harvest Festival

Date: 09 1971
Description: Poster publicizing the 1st Annual Marijuana Harvest Festival, in Madison's Brittingham Park, September 25, 1971. Event followed by a Dana Beal Memorial An...
Poster

Dow Riot Protest Poster

Date: 10 1967
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...
Poster

These Men Are Narcotics Agents

Date: 01 1972
Description: Poster alleging that six men, possibly University of Wisconsin-Madison students, are undercover narcotics agents. Poster was created by the defense league ...
Poster

Pilgrimage for Peace and Freedom

Date: 03 1972
Description: Poster publicizing a pilgrimage for peace and freedom event, converging in Harrisburg, PA, March 25 through April 2, 1972. Features an image of handcuffed ...
Poster

Mayday is J-Day Poster

Date: 04 1972
Description: Poster proclaiming that "Mayday is J-Day," and announcing a marijuana smoke-out at Brittingham Park in Madison. Includes a picture of a winged green block ...
Poster

"Free Karl" Poster

Date: 04 1972
Description: Poster advocating the release of Karl Armstrong, who was incarcerated for his involvement in the 1970 Sterling Hall bombing on the University of Wisconsin-...
Poster

"A.M.R.C. The Real Murderers" Sign

Date: 04 1972
Description: Sign board used for protest in the wake of the Sterling Hall bombing that reads, "AMRC The Real Murderers,"in watercolor.
Poster

Karl Armstrong Solidarity Poster

Date: 02 1972
Description: Poster from 1972, voicing support for Karl Armstrong and his involvement in the Sterling Hall bombing on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in 1970...
Poster

Nixon Ultimate Sacrifice Poster

Date: 05 1972
Description: Poster publicizing a rally and candlelight march around the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library Mall and Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin. Presiden...
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MP Making an Arrest

Date: 1974
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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Face-off between Police and NAACP Members

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Description: The Milwaukee police approach a line of NAACP Youth Council members in an attempt to break up a demonstration.

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