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School Desegregation Pickets

Date: 1964
Description: A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation.
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Civil Rights Protest at Howard Johnson's

Date: 1960
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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Father Groppi and Vel Phillips on Hood of Bus

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Description: Father James Groppi speaking through a megaphone from the hood of a bus. Groppi stands with Alderperson Vel Phillips. Several of the people in the assemble...
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Greensboro Massacre Response

Date: 02 02 1980
Description: Protest march called in response to the murder of five activists, labor organizers, and members of the Communists Workers Party by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) o...
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Peace March in Ashland

Date: 08 1998
Description: Group of people walking across road during a Nukewatch peace march.
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NAACP Protest

Date: 09 1958
Description: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) picketers outside the Schroeder Hotel where the Apprenticeship meeting was held. A Blatz...
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First National ACORN Convention

Date: 12 1978
Description: A crowd of people with signs march to the Democratic Party mid-term convention during the first national ACORN convention.
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ACORN Rally

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Description: Women hold signs at an ACORN rally. One woman's sign touts "Jesse Jackson in '88!".
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Jesus Salas at Waushara Courthouse Rally

Date: 1966
Description: Jesus Salas, in a white shirt and standing in front of the microphone with his arm raised, addresses a rally at the top of the steps in front of Waushara C...
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NAACP March with Police Escort

Date: 1967
Description: Father James Groppi (center) and the NAACP participate in a civil rights march. Police are armed and escorting the protestors. The marchers are passing an ...
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Freedom Day

Date: 02 28 1964
Description: Civil rights activities near the Canton, Mississippi courthouse. Two police officers are pictured holding shot guns and carrying bags of tear gas equipment...
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National Farmers Organization Demonstration

Date: 04 08 1964
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...
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Vel Phillips Marching at Lincoln Memorial

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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...
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Milwaukee March

Date: 1967
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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Protester amongst the Protesters

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A young woman is holding up a sign for the Student Union Movement, a social justice group based out of Milwaukee Area Technical College, and a megaphone. S...
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Migrant Worker March

Date: 08 1966
Description: View of a group of migrant workers carrying signs during a march from Wautoma to Madison to promote workers' rights. Some of the people are carrying the im...
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Waukesha County Peace Council Vigil

Date: 12 20 1983
Description: Several people standing together outdoors holding candles. Three people are wearing signs that read: "Waukesha County Peace Council," "PEACE and JUSTICE to...
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Skate-A-Way for ERA

Date: 10 23 1980
Description: Several women and children are walking, riding bicycles, or on roller skates. Some are carrying signs that read: "Equality of rights under the law shall no...
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Sorority Ban Protest

Date: 10 04 1962
Description: A long, orderly line of student sorority and fraternity members carrying umbrellas and marching in pairs to protest the decision to ban the Delta Gamma sor...
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Jesse Jackson at a PUSH March

Date: 01 15 1975
Description: The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Delegate Walter E. Fauntroy and Representative Bella Abzug at a PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) March supporting the pro...

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