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| Date: | 1972 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 27 1915 |
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| Description: | Four impoverished men hired by "The Medical Review of Reviews" carry signs with the eugenics slogans, "I am a burden to myself and the State. Should I be a... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Street parade rig, apparently to agitate against delays in construction of a railroad to connect Manitowoc to the west. In the background is a store owned ... |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison law students protest CIA activities. |
| Date: | 08 23 1946 |
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| Description: | Crew of the railroad car ferry "City of Milwaukee" demonstrating for a 40-hour week and overtime pay. The "City of Milwaukee" ferried Grand Trunk Western ... |
| Date: | 03 1946 |
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| Description: | CIO members joined Lincoln Brigade veterans in a demonstration on Wisconsin Avenue last week to demand the breaking off of U.S. diplomatic relations with F... |
| Date: | 08 12 1948 |
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| Description: | One of the many demonstrations organized by the People's Progressive Party in Milwaukee to fight the ever-rising cost of living. The campaign includes the ... |
| Date: | 09 03 1945 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 19 1946 |
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| Description: | Young demonstrators at the CIO's "Don't Buy a Depression" rally. |
| Date: | 06 1932 |
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| Description: | World War I veterans seated on the ground around a car with slogans painted on it such as "We Want Our Bonus" and "Bonus Seekers V.F.W. 796". They are prot... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi speaking at a demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber protesting welfare cuts. Father Groppi is seated on the lef... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Daisy Bates and others at Woolworth's boycott. |
| Date: | 01 1952 |
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| Description: | Herbert March speaking at the "Negro and White, Unite and Fight" rally in -8 F degree weather. |
| 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. |
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| Description: | American Nazi protesting the rights of African Americans. |
| Date: | 10 1956 |
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| Description: | Glenn Turner is holding the United Nations flag, and his wife is carrying the flag of the state of Wisconsin. A supporter is holding the American flag. One... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 1919 |
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| Description: | View down long line of workers from the United States Postal Service demonstrating for an increase in salary to meet war-time cost of living increases. |
| Date: | 11 18 1966 |
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| Description: | Two men carry signs to protest exploitation of tenants who are members of Local 404 by their landlord who is manager of College Barber Shop. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Protesters demonstrating for women's rights parade up and down Fifth Avenue. They had previously been arrested at the White House. |
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