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| Online access to Wisconsin's heritage in sound |
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| Listen to stories and sounds of Wisconsin's past, including oral histories, radio programs, advertising, political speeches, and more. |
| A Traveling Display |
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| Crossing the Line examines the practices and prejudices that led to segregation in Milwaukee and chronicles the fair housing movement. |
| Wisconsin History Maker Award |
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| Read about Allen's dedication to the small family farmer and sustainable food systems for communities worldwide. |
| Wisconsin History Maker Award |
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| Read about the woman from Milwaukee's South Side who became Wisconsin's first African American secretary of state. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi (1931-) and social activists at NAACP March, marching east up Wisconsin Avenue. |
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| Description: | Six fighters in pugilistic poses, in the boxing ring with their coach. The Milwaukee Urban League provided community activities, like boxing, for children ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Parishioners gather at the entrance outside New Fellowship Church of God In Christ at North Eighth Street. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Workers chipping imperfections from a rough casting. |
| Date: | 06 1946 |
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| Description: | In the Money: The Bronzeville All-Star Bowling Team which finished in the money in the recent Wisconsin state CIO-sponsored bowling tournament. |
| Date: | 04 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Bronzeville Bombers just after coming through with a score of 2690, putting them in tenth place in the state CIO tournament on April 5. The five men are a... |
| Date: | 12 05 1947 |
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| Description: | George Weaver, secretary of the national CIO Committee to Abolish Discrimination, appearing at the Wisconsin State CIO convention. |
| Date: | 09 03 1945 |
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| Description: | The 6th Ward Contingent represented a community on the march. Black men, women and children from the CIO and AF of L, from small business, brought a messa... |
| Date: | 03 22 1948 |
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| Description: | Strike kitchen of Local 50, United Packinghouse Workers of America (Plankinton Packing Company). Left to right: Al Herold (chef), Ernie Bernie, Jimmy Glov... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation. |
| Date: | 04 06 1969 |
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| Description: | Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street. |
| Date: | 02 21 1985 |
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| Description: | The Auer Avenue School's safety cadet team standing in front of the school building. |
| Date: | 11 14 1966 |
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| Description: | African American junior Girl Scouts pouring fruit juice into a punch bowl as they prepare to entertain their parents. |
| Date: | 09 22 1967 |
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| Description: | A boy is twirling a "hula-hoop" around his neck while another child is watching from the left foreground. |
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