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Flag Dedication Ceremony at Italian Workingmen's Club

Date: 02 23 1941
Description: Phillip Canepa with Virginia Licari, Marian Amato and Josephine (Florence ?) Clementi on the platform dedicating a United States flag at the Italian Workin...
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Holy Name Society, Queen of Peace Parish

Date: 01 21 1947
Description: Charter members of the Holy Name Society, Our Lady Queen of Peace parish, at their swearing-in ceremony. Pictured seated from the left are: Louis Fiore, so...
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NAACP Certificate of Merit for Father Groppi

Date: 1968
Description: Certificate of Merit presented to Father James E. Groppi of Milwaukee on January 7, 1968, for his work as Advisor of the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council. The...
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Madison Catholic Diocese Committee

Date: 01 23 1948
Description: Group portrait of the executive committee of the Holy Name Union for the Catholic diocese of Madison meeting to plan the activities for 1948. Left to right...
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Pastors' Conference

Date: 04 19 1948
Description: Chatting together after the opening session of the Wisconsin Pastors conference were, left to right: John Kolb, University of Wisconsin professor and meeti...
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Groppi Protesting Eagles Club

Date: 03 1966
Description: Father James Groppi and the NAACP Youth Council demonstrating outside the Eagles Club at night beneath a marquee advertising a Duke Ellington performance.
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Fred Shuttlesworth

Date: 02 03 1964
Description: The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth speaks to the 1964 annual meeting of the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) after being elected president of the organ...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches Directors

Date: 01 18 1949
Description: Four of the new directors of the Wisconsin Council of Churches. From left to right are: Rev. Victor L. Thomas, Watertown; Rev. Merrill R. Abbey, Madison;...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches Dinner Meeting

Date: 01 18 1949
Description: Guests at a Wisconsin Council of Churches dinner meeting.
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Pilgrim Congregational Church Men's Club Turkey Feast

Date: 03 01 1950
Description: Pictured seated at the speakers' table are some of the attendees at the annual turkey feast of the Men's Club of the Pilgrim Congregational Church, 953 Jen...
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Madison United Givers's Fund First Drive

Date: 10 16 1950
Description: L.E. Rolefson, director of the Lutheran Welfare Society, seated, shows the Reverend E.J. Van Handel, director of the Catholic Welfare Bureau, and two Unite...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches Annual Dinner

Date: 01 16 1951
Description: Three participants in the Wisconsin Council of Churches converse at the group's annual dinner. Pictured from left to right are: Rev. William D.F. Hayes, Ma...
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United Church Women

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: Attending the May Fellowship Day of the Madison Council of United Church Women at First Baptist Church are, from left to right: Rev. Robert Towner, First B...
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Merrill Shepard and Rev. A.C. Schumacher

Date: 05 05 1960
Description: Pictured from left are Merrill Shepard, Chicago, guest speaker and at right, Rev. A.C. Schumacher, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church and master of cerem...
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Hotel Room Dedication

Date: 09 04 1958
Description: A man wearing a suit and bow tie is standing at a podium, speaking and gesturing with his hands. A lectern scarf is draped over the podium with the word "P...
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Jesse Jackson at a PUSH March

Date: 01 15 1975
Description: The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Delegate Walter E. Fauntroy and Representative Bella Abzug at a PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) March supporting the pro...
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Governor's Commision on Human Rights

Date: 11 13 1957
Description: Governor Vernon W. Thomson pictured with the new officers of the Governor's Commission on Human Rights. Left to right are: Dr. G. Aubrey Young, pastor of t...
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The Reverend Jesse Jackson

Date: 1975
Description: The Reverend Jesse Jackson addressing an Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) rally in its headquarters. He is wearing a PUSH button on his lea...
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The Reverend Jesse Jackson

Date: 1975
Description: The Reverend Jesse Jackson addressing an Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) rally in its headquarters. He is wearing a PUSH button on his lea...
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The Reverend Jesse Jackson

Date: 1975
Description: The Reverend Jesse Jackson addressing an Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) rally in its headquarters. He is wearing a PUSH button on his lea...

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