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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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Armed Forces Day

Date: 1950
Description: Color guards marching past the Wisconsin State Capitol carrying flags as a crowd looks on.
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War Tax Resistance

Date: 1969
Description: A demonstration of the war tax resistance taking place in Mid-Manhattan.
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Anti-Lake Pollution Mass Meeting

Date: 05 12 1948
Description: Elevated view of members of the audience attending a meeting sponsored by the newly incorporated Southern Wisconsin Anti-Pollution Federation. The meeting ...
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West Side Business Men's Association Auction

Date: 09 12 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm standing at the podium before a crowd as he auctions off an article at the West Side Business Men's Association auction on Odana R...
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

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...
Photograph

Student Union Movement Protesting Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Young women and men holding up a banner reading: "Student Union Movement," a social justice group based out of Milwaukee Area Technical College. Other peop...
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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 ...
Photograph

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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PUSH Marchers

Date: 01 15 1975
Description: Demonstrators at a PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) March supporting the Hawkins Humphrey Bill. Protest signs worn and held by the demonstrators read...
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Demonstrators at a PUSH March

Date: 01 15 1975
Description: Demonstrators at a PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) March walking around the White House to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the birth of Martin L...
Poster

We Vote

Date: 
Description: Political Action Committee poster that reads: "We Vote."The "V" is illustrated as a hand wearing a glove with the fingers in a V-shape. The blue background...
Book or Pamphlet

Young Americans for Freedom First National Awards

Date: 1961
Description: Booklet promoting Young Americans for Freedom. The cover at the top features Barry Goldwater speaking from behind microphones, and at the bottom is a view ...
Photograph

Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride

Date: 10 2003
Description: A group of people are marching on a street, holding small American flags, crosses, and a banner. The banner reads: "Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride 2003 Los...
Poster

Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand

Date: 1960
Description: Poster with black ink on a white background for the Lowndes County Freedom Organization. At the top is an illustration of a panther, and text below reads: ...

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