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| Date: | 11 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Mary Hawkins, assisted by Thorwald Anderson, Checker Cab driver, arrives for a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its... |
| Date: | 03 30 1953 |
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| Description: | Dottie Hildebrandt, a Wauwautosa senior in Recreation at the University of Wisconsin, trying on spring hat, assisted by Lonnie Graham. The hat, titled "Gra... |
| Date: | 12 17 1982 |
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| Description: | Operetta Scene - The Hansberry-Sands Theater Company performed a scene from "Black Nativity" at St. Agnes Church, 4055 N. 25th St. |
| Date: | 05 07 1955 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | A group of African Americans gathered at a picnic table for an outdoor church picnic. |
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| Description: | A woman and two young children are shown in a farm market. |
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| Description: | Workers are shown cutting sugar cane in the fields near New Orleans. Caption reads: "Cutting Sugar Cane In Louisiana." |
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| Description: | Two African American women pose with baskets of fresh vegetables on their heads while selling their produce. A building with an exterior brick chimney is b... |
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| Description: | An African American vendor of oysters and clams is shown pushing his wheelbarrow. A building with an exterior brick chimney is behind him. |
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| Description: | A man poses while selling chickens on the street. A building with an exterior brick chimney is behind him. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an African American child (probably a girl) wearing a white dress. Text written on the back of the photog... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an African American woman in a formal dress seated on a sofa. Photograph was taken by Berdette E. Akin, w... |
| Date: | 12 21 1956 |
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| Description: | Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. riding a bus with white Methodist minister Glenn Smiley during the Montgomery bus integration struggle. The man seated in fro... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Samuel Pierce is seated at a desk in the executive offices of the Governor. |
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| Description: | Martin Luther King, Jr., with two leaders of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, Russell Lasley, and President Ralph Helstein. Probably at a UPWA c... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Several members of the Wisconsin delegation who support Eugene McCarthy, gather around the state sign at the National Democratic Convention. Only Hilton H... |
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| Description: | John W. Hill, owner of Hill's Grocery at 649 East Dayton Street, poses in front of his business, which he bought with his wife Amanda on November 23, 1915. |
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| Description: | "It Almost Broke Her Up." One of a series of satiric trade cards issued by the Arbuckle's Aroisa Coffee Co. This incident is borrowed from "Texas Siftings,... |
| Date: | 10 02 1912 |
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| Description: | African American heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, drove up to Milwaukee from his home in Chicago to watch the Vanderbilt Cup race on October 2, 1... |
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