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Girl Scout Phyllis Sanders Gathering Firewood

Date: 05 07 1955
Description: Girl Scout Phyllis Sanders of Madison gathering firewood for cooking lunch during a one day Roundup of the Girl Scouts, Brownies, and Intermediates of Dist...
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Boys "Shooting Craps"

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Description: African-American boys gather for a "studio group photo in the condescending idiom of about 1900." The boys stand in a wooded area while imitating a game of...
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Allis-Chalmers Rally

Date: 10 20 1946
Description: Outdoor rally of Allis-Chalmers workers. A man is speaking into a microphone in the front and people stand on the sidewalk and the grassy rise in the backg...
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Boys in KISS Makeup

Date: 06 1978
Description: Two boys are in the midst of a game of tug of war. They're dressed in overalls, jeans and t-shirts and are in full KISS makeup. KISS was a rock band which ...
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Frame 70: Girl Demonstrating

Date: 1964
Description: A girl at a demonstration holding a sign that reads: "We are tired of being ruled by racists." Behind her, other people carry signs as they walk along a fe...
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Brass Band on Main Street

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Description: View across unpaved Main Street towards an African-American brass band standing and playing in front of the storefront for A.F. Werner. Pedestrians watch f...
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Protesters Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View of the front of a line of protesters marching down the street near to the Republican presidential debate at the Milwaukee Theater. The group is clappi...
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Protesters Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Three women are holding up a banner for the Student Union Movement, a social justice group based out of Milwaukee Area Technical College. Two of the women ...
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Stop the Party of Hate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A large crowd of men and women standing outside the Republican presidential debate holding signs, banners, and flags. Most of the signs read: "Black lives ...
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Robert Grimes Outside the Donald Trump Rally

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Robert Grimes is holding up a microphone and leading a group of protesters in a chant outside the Donald Trump Rally. He is wearing a jacket and hat, both ...
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UW-Milwaukee Students

Date: 10 15 1984
Description: Four students are standing and sitting outside a building and talking. Caption reads: "Student activism has waned on college campuses and students now are ...
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Damon Simpson

Date: 06 02 1986
Description: One boy is sitting up against the backboard of a basketball hoop and looking down, while another boy is preparing to shoot a basket. Caption reads: "Terrel...
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Flora Fountain School Picture

Date: 1926
Description: Flora Fountain school group portrait. Names, back row (l to r): teacher Dorothy Enloe, Veda Edwards, Dorothy Greene, Wesley Greene, Lyle Adkinson, Nelson C...
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Waiting to Be Bused to South Boston High School

Date: 1975
Description: Students from Columbia Point waiting to be bused to South Boston High School. Most of the students are standing in groups, talking. School buses are parked...
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Students at South Boston High School

Date: 1975
Description: Students and three adults on standing on the steps at an entrance to South Boston High School.
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Milwaukee Public Schools Black Pupil Walkout

Date: 10 01 1977
Description: Several African-American teenagers are standing outside a building, some wearing coats and some under umbrellas. A sign reads: "Fight for the Right." Capti...
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Youth Council Delivers Christmas Donations

Date: 12 24 1966
Description: Followed by father James Groppi, their advisor, four members of the Milwaukee Youth Council of the National Association of Colored People (NAACP), are walk...

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