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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: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation" |
| Date: | 03 03 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a suffrage parade, with a large crowd looking on. The sign on the horse-drawn wagon reads: "We Demand an Amendment to the Constitution of ... |
| 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: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation. |
| 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. |
| Date: | 12 04 1970 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of college teachers, non-tenured, at UW-Parkside protesting the decision to not renew their contracts. |
| 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: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Children hold signs that read "We Need A Place To Play" and "We Need a Street to Play On," which is related to the Newark Community Union Project. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Group of protesters, including a man holding a sign that reads "Cops Aren't Judges". |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Members of the American Nazi Party demonstrating in behalf of the House Un-American Activities Committee against liberal attempts to abolish the committee.... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Man in a hat and long coat holding a sign opposing desegregation in schools. Possibly in Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Supporters of Lar Daly, an Illinois senatorial candidate, and Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, protest outside the Congress Hotel where the Americans for Democr... |
| Date: | 02 1964 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC) members carrying signs and marching against school segregation in Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union on March 29, 1951, and sentenced to death. The climate surrounding their trial wa... |
| Date: | 11 01 1970 |
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| Description: | Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) protest in Detroit, November 3, 1970. Text at the top reads: "Nov. 3 — Elections Are A Hoax!" Handwritten on the le... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Tom Hayden, in the center wearing the dark shirt, looking at a police officer talking to four African-American men. Newark ERAP project. From the SDS colle... |
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