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| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi (1931-) and social activists at NAACP March, marching east up Wisconsin Avenue. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation. |
| Date: | 02 20 1915 |
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| Description: | A woman and boy are using "sedge brush" brooms to sweep a dirt yard as two women — possibly social workers or Agricultural Extension employees — look on. A... |
| Date: | 01 14 1964 |
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| Description: | Civil rights group CORE picketing the Board of Realtors at Coach House Motor Inn for fairness and equality in housing. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | A winter scene with excited children on a toboggan. |
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| Description: | Several young men (possibly auto shop students?) posing with a 1907 International Auto Wagon. |
| Date: | 12 11 1965 |
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| Description: | Boy inserting coin into a gumball vending machine in anticipation of a sweet treat. |
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| Description: | A tea party on an airplane, a publicity stunt conceived by Harry Bruno to promote his Cleveland-area airline, Aeromarine Airlines. By taking local reporter... |
| Date: | 10 29 1931 |
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| Description: | William Pearl with his "Tia Juana hot tamales" cart and a woman customer eating a hot tamale. |
| Date: | 10 31 1977 |
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| Description: | Thousands of people from the inner city flocked to a Halloween Party given to help keep children off the street during the holiday. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Bob Moses, Julian Bond, Curtis (Hayes) Muhammad, Willie Peacock, Hollis Watkins, Amzie Moore and E.W. Steptoe on Steptoe's farm. |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | Willie Mae Small, 107 years old, sits in a chair off to the side during an outdoor service (church?). |
| Date: | 12 20 1945 |
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| Description: | Group of 15 women and six men attending a meeting at USO Service Club. The group is predominantly African Americans. Probably taken in First Unitarian Soc... |
| Date: | 04 14 1975 |
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| Description: | Waist-up outdoor portrait of Eugene Parks. |
| Date: | 04 14 1975 |
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| Description: | Eugene (Gene) Parks with his wife and children relaxing outdoors. From left to right are Kendra Parks, Marilyn Park, Wendy Parks, Stacey Parks, Reggie Park... |
| Date: | 11 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Mary Hawkins, assisted by Thorwald Anderson, Checker Cab driver, arrives for a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its... |
| Date: | 05 07 1955 |
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| Description: | Girl Scout Phyllis Sanders of Madison gathering firewood for cooking lunch during a one day Roundup of the Girl Scouts, Brownies, and Intermediates of Dist... |
| Date: | 10 02 1912 |
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| Description: | African American heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, drove up to Milwaukee from his home in Chicago to watch the Vanderbilt Cup race on October 2, 1... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Children hold signs that read "We Need A Place To Play" and "We Need a Street to Play On," which is related to the Newark Community Union Project. |
| Date: | 09 09 1956 |
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| Description: | Striking members of Amalgamated Meatcutters Local 28 picketing at the Swift and Company plant in Chicago. |
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