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| 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: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Daisy Bates and others at Woolworth's boycott. |
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| Description: | American Nazi protesting the rights of African Americans. |
| Date: | 01 19 1968 |
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| Description: | Protesters, members of the Milwaukee Americans for Freedom, demonstrate against presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy and in favor of the Vietnam war. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Group of men and women marching down Wisconsin Avenue. On the left is the Milwaukee Public Library, located at 814 West Wisconsin Avenue. Large sign reads:... |
| 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: | 03 1971 |
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| Description: | Dance Benefit poster to help free the Camp McCoy 3. Features illustration of the Camp McCoy 3 bound with chains around their arms and legs. Featured live p... |
| Date: | 10 1967 |
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| Description: | Poster with a large image of the Dow Riot (Oct. 18, 1967) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, showing riot police beating protesters. Includes t... |
| Date: | 05 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing a rally and candlelight march around the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library Mall and Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin. Presiden... |
| Date: | 04 19 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the organized demonstration "against Imperialism for Socialism" held on April 24, 1971. Features an image of protestors holding signs wi... |
| Date: | 05 14 1950 |
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| Description: | A peace demonstration was present on Breese Terrace, Regent Street, Little Street and Monroe Street as President Truman arrived for a speech at the Field H... |
| Date: | 05 07 2004 |
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| Description: | Protesters hold political signs outside Bush-Cheney rally. One sign reads: "Bush is a whore for the dogs of war" and the other reads: "Bush sucks." |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Protest on the Library Mall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in support of the grape boycott. A woman stands on the sidewalk speaking at a microphone... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Political poster urging citizens to "Demonstrate No Confidence" in neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. The poster has a cartoon of the Republican el... |
| 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.... |
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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: | 02 11 2016 |
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| Description: | A group of anti-Hillary protesters posing outdoors for journalists and photographers with their handmade signs. In the foreground a woman stands behind a c... |
| Date: | 02 11 2016 |
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| Description: | A group of men and women standing outside the Democratic presidential debates holding up signs in support of Hillary Clinton. |
| Date: | 02 11 2016 |
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| Description: | People holding up signs supporting Hillary Clinton amongst a group of anti-Hillary demonstrators posing with their signs. |
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