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| Date: | 05 28 1963 |
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| Description: | Civil rights sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter. Seated at the counter from left to right are by John Salter, Joan Trumpauer, and Anne Moody. People pour ... |
| 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. |
| 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: | 01 19 1968 |
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| Description: | Protesters, members of the Milwaukee Americans for Freedom, demonstrate against presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy and in favor of the Vietnam war. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Group of protesters march in front of a Howard Johnson's restaurant holding signs. One says "Segregation OUT!! Integration IN!! CORE - NAACP". |
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| Description: | Marchers carrying signs bearing the names of Milwaukee suburbs during a CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) march for fair housing in Milwaukee. They are pa... |
| Date: | 09 1958 |
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| Description: | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) picketers outside the Schroeder Hotel where the Apprenticeship meeting was held. A Blatz... |
| Date: | 12 21 1973 |
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| Description: | Postcard that was attached to a balloon and released from Rudolph, Wisconsin by members of the League Against Nuclear Dangers as part of a nuclear power pl... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Composite photograph of an elevated view of an anti-Vietnam War protest at the intersection of Lake and State Streets looking east up State Street. A large... |
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| Description: | Sign posted along side of the road reading "The people of Rudolph say no to nuclear power plants." |
| Date: | 05 1975 |
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| Description: | Side view of a bus used to transport members of League Against Nuclear Dangers to the Wisconsin state capitol during hearings regarding a moratorium on nuc... |
| Date: | 04 23 1983 |
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| Description: | Article from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student newspaper Pointer titled "LAND of the giant-killers: David wins again" detailing the succ... |
| Date: | 04 03 1964 |
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| Description: | Three people of the 18 protestors outside of the Cuba Club restaurant. A large protest sign states, "Wallace: Blood is on your hands." The protestors were... |
| Date: | 05 28 1963 |
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| Description: | A slightly elevated view of a civil rights sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter. John Salter is seated in the foreground. Sitting next to him is Joan Trum... |
| Date: | 05 28 1963 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 28 1963 |
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| Description: | Three civil rights activists sit at a Woolworth's lunch counter in a non-violent demonstration. From left to right are Professor John Salter, Joan Trumpaue... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Members of the Overpass Light Brigade, a Wisconsin activist group, are standing in a semicircle holding up boards painted black with letters formed by ligh... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | A man is standing in the foreground on the right, near a group of protesters seen in the background. The man is holding a drum slung over his right shoulde... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| 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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