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President Harry S. Truman Visit

Date: 05 14 1950
Description: A peace demonstration was present on Breese Terrace, Regent Street, Little Street and Monroe Street as President Truman arrived for a speech at the Field H...
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Draft Protest Meeting

Date: 05 08 1952
Description: Adolph Maasen (left), the leader of a group of state farmers claiming prejudice against farmers by the State Selective Service, observing Colonel Bentley C...
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Madison Pickets Against Segregated Lunch Counters

Date: 02 27 1960
Description: Picketers walk the sidewalk in front of the F.W. Woolworth store on the Capitol Square. The protest was against the company's segregated lunch counter poli...
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Protest Rally on Library Mall

Date: 03 03 1960
Description: A crowd of five hundred University of Wisconsin students, some carrying protest signs, attend a rally on Library Mall. They are demonstrating peacefully ag...
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University of Wisconsin Students Leave on Peace Walk

Date: 03 25 1961
Description: University of Wisconsin students John Peters and Bram Luckom leave Madison on a peace walk. Peters plans to walk to Rockford, IL and Luckom plans to walk t...

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