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Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
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Children and Adults Participating in Milwaukee Labor Day Parade

Date: 09 03 1945
Description: The 6th Ward Contingent represented a community on the march. Black men, women and children from the CIO and AF of L, from small business, brought a messa...
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African American Tenant Farmers at Barbecue

Date: 02 22 1915
Description: African American tenant farmers assembled for a barbecue. The tenants worked for Louis Frank Sessions who is in the front row, third from the left (wearing...
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Johnnie Tillmon, George Wiley and Ethel Kennedy

Date: 1968
Description: Johnnie Tillmon addressing a Mother's Day March on Washington, ca. 1968 or 1969. George Wiley is sitting directly behind her, on the left. Ethel Kennedy is...
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Philip Murray at the UPWA Convention

Date: 05 1950
Description: Philip Murray (dark suit in the center of the photo), the president of the CIO, being escorted to the podium to speak to the annual convention of the Unite...
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Agricultural Presentation by J.E. Hite

Date: 03 02 1915
Description: A group of men, women, and children leaving an agricultural presentation by J.E. Hite at Haile's store. Hite, dressed in a hat and overcoat, is loading a r...
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Allis-Chalmers Rally

Date: 10 20 1946
Description: Outdoor rally of Allis-Chalmers workers. A man is speaking into a microphone in the front and people stand on the sidewalk and the grassy rise in the backg...
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Booker T. Washington

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Description: A man thought to be Booker T. Washington speaks to a crowd of people from the porch of a building.
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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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Michelle Obama

Date: 02 18 2008
Description: Michelle Obama greets supporters at a presidential campaign rally for her husband at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
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Scenes and Incidents at the Republican National Convention

Date: 06 03 1884
Description: Illustrations=s of the Republican National Convention. The main drawing shows an outside view with the caption "Scene in front of the convention building d...
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Milwaukee March

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of a group of people marching in the street with Father James Groppi. There is a man driving a Milwaukee police vehicle in front, and one man...
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Teenagers at Lunch Counter Sit-In

Date: 05 28 1963
Description: A group of white teenage boys pour drinks and condiments on African American students sitting at a Woolworth's lunch counter in a non-violent demonstration...
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Protesters Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View of the front of a line of protesters marching down the street near to the Republican presidential debate at the Milwaukee Theater. The group is clappi...
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Protesters Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Three women are holding up a banner for the Student Union Movement, a social justice group based out of Milwaukee Area Technical College. Two of the women ...
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Stop the Party of Hate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A large crowd of men and women standing outside the Republican presidential debate holding signs, banners, and flags. Most of the signs read: "Black lives ...
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Speaking to Protesters Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A young woman on the right is walking in front of a large crowd of protesters. She is wearing a reflective vest and is speaking through a megaphone. The cr...
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MEChA de UW-Madison at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A large crowd of protesters standing on the street outside the Republican presidential debate. The group are mostly college age, although a young boy is st...
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Joe Davis Speaking to a Crowd of Protesters

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Joe Davis, Milwaukee's 2nd district Alderman, speaking through a megaphone to a crowd of protesters outside the Republican presidential debate. He is stand...
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Protesters Lying in the Street

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Numerous protest groups, including the Overpass Light Brigade, and the Student Union Movement, are forming a ring around young protesters as they are lying...

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