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Anti-Vietnam War Demonstration

Date: 1972
Description: A crowd of anti-Vietnam war demonstrators march down Wisconsin Avenue with signs and banners. One banner reads: "Stop the Bombing. Sign the Treaty Now! U.S...
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College Teacher Protest

Date: 12 04 1970
Description: Elevated view of college teachers, non-tenured, at UW-Parkside protesting the decision to not renew their contracts.
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Senator McGovern before the Joint Economic Committee

Date: 07 1972
Description: Senator George McGovern of South Dakota testifying before the Joint Economic Committee and a large audience. Senator McGovern was soon to become the Presid...
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Mifflin Street Block Party

Date: 05 1975
Description: Crowd at the Mifflin Street block party.
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

The Ethiopian Masses Are Rising Up

Date: 09 1974
Description: Poster publicizing a rally at Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Text reads: "The Ethiopian Masses Are Rising Up. Support the stru...
Poster

Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention Poster

Date: 11 1970
Description: A poster announcing an informational meeting on the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention. The convention was held September 7, 1970 by The Blac...
Poster

Young Socialist Alliance Convention

Date: 12 15 1970
Description: Poster advertising a Young Socialist Alliance convention in New York. Topics such as "international report, anti-war, black struggle, women's liberation, a...
Poster

Workers League Demonstration

Date: 04 19 1971
Description: Poster advertising the organized demonstration "against Imperialism for Socialism" held on April 24, 1971. Features an image of protestors holding signs wi...
Poster

"Join the SMC"

Date: 04 20 1971
Description: Poster promoting the Student Mobilization Committee and its goals to end the war in Southeast Asia. Features protesters tying down a caricatured figure of...
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Jobs Now Rally

Date: 04 26 1975
Description: Speakers platform for the Jobs Now Rally called by the AFL-CIO at R.F. Kennedy Stadium. The rally was called to draw attention to the problems caused by th...
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Crowd with Meatcutters Banner

Date: 04 26 1975
Description: Banner displayed by Milwaukee's Amalgamated Meatcutters locals at the Jobs Now Rally sponsored by the AFL-CIO in R.F. Kennedy Stadium.
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Anti-War Demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1970
Description: A large crowd participating in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam, as seen from the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol looking down State Street ...
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Anti-War Demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1970
Description: A large crowd participating in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam, as seen from the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol looking down State Street....
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Veterans Marching in Anti-War Demonstration

Date: 1970
Description: Anti-war demonstrators wearing garrison style hats reading "Vietnam Vets For Peace" march in parade carrying American flags and placards while a large crow...
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Peace Parade in Madison

Date: 1970
Description: Elevated view of large crowd with a banner reading: "VETS for PEACE / Bring the Troops Home Now." The crowd is following a Ford Mustang carrying five elder...
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Irwin Silber

Date: 04 1975
Description: "Irwin Silber, an editor of the 'Guardian'," a radical weekly newspaper, speaking to an anti-war rally in a square near a large sculpture.
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First National ACORN Convention

Date: 12 1978
Description: A crowd of people with signs march to the Democratic Party mid-term convention during the first national ACORN convention.
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When the President Comes to Town

Date: 1979
Description: Congressman David Obey introduces a local resident (back to camera), to President Jimmy Carter. Many photographers stand around the edge of the group and a...
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When the President Comes to Town

Date: 1979
Description: President Jimmy Carter stands in the open rear passenger door of a car to wave to a crowd of spectators during a visit to Congressman David R. Obey's homet...

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