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CORE Picketers

Date: 01 14 1964
Description: Civil rights group CORE picketing the Board of Realtors at Coach House Motor Inn for fairness and equality in housing.
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Anti-Nuclear Protest

Date: 02 25 1988
Description: A man hands out information while holding a sign reading "Stop All Nuclear Testing" in front of the Reuss Federal Building.
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Fair Housing March

Date: 08 29 1966
Description: Father James Groppi leading a fair housing march.
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Father Groppi Leads Demonstration

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Description: Father James Groppi, seen wearing sunglasses in the middle of a crowd, leads a demonstration against discrimination.
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Man Selling Tickets

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A man wearing eyeglasses and sitting at a booth sells tickets related to a Civilian Defense Rally. Children and adults are at booths in the background, inc...
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Grape Boycott Picket

Date: 1968
Description: Ernesto Chacon, a grape boycott organizer from Milwaukee, is wearing a jacket, sunglasses and a necklace around his neck. He is holding a United Farmworker...
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Milwaukee Grape Boycott Picketers

Date: 1969
Description: Picketers in front of Kroger supermarket in Milwaukee carrying United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO signs that read, "Boycott Grapes" to support the grape boyc...
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Father Groppi with Young Protesters

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Description: Father James Groppi marches with African American teenage girls who are carrying signs that read, "Stop Bussing For Segregation" and "Stop School Segregati...
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Vel Phillips at Bat

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Description: Vel Phillips grips the bat and ducks as the ball is pitched at a baseball game. The catcher is on the right. Chain link fencing, a bicycle and a residentia...
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Vel Phillips and News Media

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips is on a podium wearing a dress. To the left are two members of the media holding recording equipment who are documenting the N Lindsay Street ...
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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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Republican Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A woman is holding a board with political buttons for sale for each of the Republican candidates in the debate. A young woman is looking at the buttons the...
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Visiting Japanese Students at Leon's Frozen Custard

Date: 1980
Description: View across parking lot towards a group of Japanese woman posing in front of Leon's Frozen Custard. Caption reads: "Visiting Japanese students posed in fro...
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Warlock Blessing a Man

Date: 06 1970
Description: A caped man standing on a sidewalk is placing his hands on the head of a kneeling man, while another man in a suit and sunglasses is looking on. Caption re...
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Wauwatosa Cafeteria and Custodial Workers Protest

Date: 06 13 1968
Description: Several people are walking down a sidewalk carrying signs. Some of the signs read: "Tax Dollar Wasted by Tosa Board," "Wauwatosa School Board Unfair," and ...
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First Woman Meter Maid

Date: 06 11 1970
Description: A uniformed female officer writing in a book, as a uniformed male officer is smiling and looking on over her shoulder. A parking meter is in the foreground...
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Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 05 1977
Description: A uniformed man wearing sunglasses is standing and looking to his right. Sitting on the curb next to him are two children, who are also wearing sunglasses....
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Mexican Independence Day Parade

Date: 09 18 1989
Description: A group of people are standing and sitting, including several children in the back of a truck. Caption reads: "Spectators lined the Mexican Independence Da...

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