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| Date: | 05 12 1931 |
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| Description: | Joseph Conlin, tenor, signing a contract to perform at the Parkway Theater. Dr. William G. Beecroft shown standing is sponsoring Mr. Conlin's appearance. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Cover of pamphlet entitled "Louisiana Story 1963," by James Farmer. Produced by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Certificate of Merit presented to Father James E. Groppi of Milwaukee on January 7, 1968, for his work as Advisor of the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council. The... |
| Date: | 01 23 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the executive committee of the Holy Name Union for the Catholic diocese of Madison meeting to plan the activities for 1948. Left to right... |
| Date: | 06 28 1952 |
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| Description: | Two men from C.C. Collins and Sons, Inc. look over a color chart for their racers with two boys they are sponsoring in the soap box derby race. Left to rig... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Four young men sitting in front of a grocery store. The young man on the left is sitting beside a crate of corn, wearing sunglasses and holding a bag of gr... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Jesus Salas, left, is leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), Wisconsin's migrant farm workers' union. In the center, legal counsel David Loeffler and o... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Four men sit on pews examining paper on clipboards. Behind them, Bob Moses talks with a woman. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of people fill out papers. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of four African-American men are seated at a table looking at papers. Behind them a large group of people are sitting and standing. |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Two women are outdoors seated at a table in front of a building, surrounded by several people. One of the women is holding a document in her hands, showing... |
| Date: | 08 19 1966 |
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| Description: | First page of a letter from Robert and Vicki Gabriner to Russell Gilmore at the Wisconsin Historical Society describing their experiences collecting civil ... |
| Date: | 08 19 1966 |
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| Description: | Final page of a letter from Robert and Vicki Gabriner to Russell Gilmore at the Wisconsin Historical Society describing their experiences collecting civil ... |
| Date: | 06 23 1966 |
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| Description: | Letter of introduction for Mrs. Robert (Vicki) Gabriner indicating that she is authorized by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin to collect materials... |
| Date: | 05 13 1966 |
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| Description: | Letter from Wisconsin Attorney General Bronson La Follette to State Historical Society of Wisconsin Director Les Fishel, regarding the state's liability in... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | View at night in Lebanon of a man sitting behind a table and smoking. He is illuminated by a lamp on the right. Other men stand behind him. In the foregrou... |
| Date: | 02 28 1964 |
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| Description: | A written statement by George Raymond regarding Freedom Day on February 28, 1964 and African Americans' constitutional right to vote. |
| Date: | 04 1954 |
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| Description: | Several men are standing and sitting around a desk, where one man is signing a document. A calendar for the Norris Wholesale Corporation is on the wall beh... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Threatening note written on a matchbook, signed "K.K.K." (Ku Klux Klan) that was thrown through Daisy Bates' window in August 1957 with a rock and rag. The... |
| Date: | 12 30 1966 |
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| Description: | Three men are sitting together at a table. The man in the middle appears to be writing on a document, while the man on his right is talking to him. Caption... |
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