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United Nations Protest

Date: 10 1956
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...
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Postal Employees Demand Higher Wages

Date: 08 1919
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.
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Russell Jones with Group of Journalists

Date: 11 1956
Description: Russell Jones, facing camera wearing a light trench coat, standing with a group of journalists on a street corner during the fighting in Budapest, Hungary....
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Fair Housing March

Date: 08 29 1966
Description: Father James Groppi leading a fair housing march.
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Minneapolis Anti-War Rally

Date: 03 1966
Description: Anti-Vietnam War rally in Pioneer Park in Minneapolis held as part of the Second International Days of Protest, March 25-26.
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Wayne Morse

Date: 05 28 1966
Description: Oregon senator Wayne Morse, who was one of the early opponents of the war in Vietnam, speaking at a rally. Morse was born in Wisconsin.
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San Francisco Peace March

Date: 03 26 1966
Description: Elevated view of protest march in San Francisco as part of the Second International Days of Protest against the war in Vietnam.
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Refugees Demonstrate for Israeli Statehood

Date: 1947
Description: Refugees demonstrate for Israeli statehood at a Displaced Persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the H...
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Peace Parade in Madison

Date: 1970
Description: A Ford Mustang carrying four elderly men and one woman driving past a crowd in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam. A sign on the passenger side of ...
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Peace Parade in Madison

Date: 1970
Description: Elevated view of a Ford Mustang carrying four elderly men and one woman driving down a street in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam. An American fl...
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Veterans Marching in Anti-War Demonstration

Date: 1970
Description: Anti-war demonstrators wearing garrison style hats reading "Vietnam Vets For Peace" march in parade carrying American flags and placards while a large crow...
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Peace Parade in Madison

Date: 1970
Description: Elevated view of large crowd with a banner reading: "VETS for PEACE / Bring the Troops Home Now." The crowd is following a Ford Mustang carrying five elder...
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Vets March Against Gulf War

Date: 07 04 1991
Description: New York members of Veterans for Peace, a national organization that united veterans of all wars, marching in a Fourth of July Parade.
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Company Unions Memorial Float

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: May Day parade with a closeup of a "memorial" float for company unions. A man leans on the parked float. The float features a faux grave and the gravestone...
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United Public Workers Parade/Demonstration

Date: 07 13 1946
Description: A United Public Workers parade/demonstration from an adjacent sidewalk. The line of participants including a horse-drawn wagon stretches into the distance....
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Support for Allis-Chalmers Strike

Date: 11 25 1946
Description: Demonstration march down city street in support of Allis-Chalmers, local 248, strike. Most of the marchers are women. Truck in front with megaphone reads "...
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Obreros Unidos March — Contact Sheet

Date: 1966
Description: A series of images from a contact sheet containing scenes of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) leaving Wautoma and marching towards Madison along Highway 21 ...
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Frame 48: Demonstration at Night

Date: 08 1964
Description: A nighttime rally outside the Atlantic City Convention Hall in support of seating the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) at the 1964 Democratic Na...
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Frame 75: Stand up for FDP (Freedom Democratic Party)

Date: 1964
Description: A woman holds a sign that reads "Stand up with the Freedom Democrats." In the left foreground is a police officer, and in the background are more people ho...
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World War I Rally

Date: 1918
Description: A crowd has gathered facing a corner of the Sauk County Courthouse square where a man, elevated above the crowd, waves an American flag. A bonfire burns on...

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