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| Date: | 04 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Part of the crowd of National Farmers Organization demonstrators who assembled near the Oscar Mayer and Company plant as a "show of strength" to get higher... |
| 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: | 1986 |
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| Description: | Stratcom action photo, with several protesters kneeling behind a line with soldiers on the other side. In the background are a fence, missile, rocket and t... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Social action poster advertising a march against executions. The headline at top reads, "National March Against Death," and at the bottom "Stop Executions.... |
| Date: | 10 06 1991 |
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| Description: | Missouri Missile School photograph of six women hanging banners on a chain link fence topped with barbed wire. One banner reads: "Disarm The Missile Silos ... |
| Date: | 07 06 1986 |
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| Description: | Caption on back, "Sign at the entry to Offutt AFB in Bellevue, Nebraska where the Strategic Air Command (SAC) headquarters and targeting operations are loc... |
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| Description: | Three people behind a fenced gate with two signs. One reads: "U.S. Air Force: Good People, Bad Product," and the other sign, on the right, has a peace dove... |
| Date: | 1986 |
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| Description: | Nuclear Missile Silo Vigil & Requiem. Hundreds of people surround the fence, holding hands, in opposition to the new MX missiles being installed, missiles ... |
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| Description: | Poster advertising a smoke-out in James Madison Park. Features a drawing of in blue, green and yellow, with a caption reading: "Madison, Madison. May Day i... |
| Date: | 03 10 1965 |
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| Description: | Gov. Warren Knowles, right, is shown addressing the 175 Beloit College students who undertook a two-day march to the capitol from their campus 50 miles awa... |
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| Description: | Rear view of Vel Phillips sitting on a pier on a lake. She is wearing a shirt that says "Commando" on the back. Two unidentified women are sitting next to ... |
| Date: | 11 1967 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips marching with the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council rally. She is wearing the organization's sweatshirt. Other unidentified people are marching wi... |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips (left) is marching with the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council. In the background is the Lincoln Memorial. Other unidentified youth council members... |
| Date: | 08 06 1965 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison student holding a placard in front of a speaker at a demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol commemorating the atom bo... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a group of people marching in the street with Father James Groppi. There is a man driving a Milwaukee police vehicle in front, and one man... |
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| Description: | Three students, apparently in costume, are riding in an automobile outside the University of Wisconsin Armory or Red Gym with a sign over the exposed engin... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Signing of the 1975 Inheritance Tax Bill, 1975 Senate Bill 113. Protestors used the occasion to show opposition to the upgrade of Highway 18-151 to an expr... |
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| Description: | A woman holds a sign that reads, "Rosedale Playground is America's Shame!" as she stands next to the playground. She is protesting the exclusion of African... |
| Date: | 08 2013 |
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| Description: | A group of men and women gathered outdoors to protest the restriction of civil rights at the Wisconsin State Capitol at noontime. Three people are playing ... |
| Date: | 09 2013 |
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| Description: | A crowd of men and women standing with fists raised in the air and holding signs at the Union Temple on Labor Day. A number of people in the foreground are... |
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