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| Examine the oral history and migration experiences of Rubie Bond, an African-American resident of Beloit featured on Wisconsin Public Television |
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| Help students learn about the civil rights era with resources designed for teaching about Freedom Summer. Access original source documents, images, video |
| Introduce students to Freedom Summer with this overview of key events. Each slide contains images of original documents and notes to help guide discussion |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of African American students participating in a Freedom School class outdoors during Freedom Summer. The class, which was held on Tougaloo College ... |
| 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: | 04 01 1955 |
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| Description: | Henry "Hank" Aaron at bat during a Milwaukee Braves pre-season game. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Parishioners gather at the entrance outside New Fellowship Church of God In Christ at North Eighth Street. |
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| Description: | Portrait of Henry Mathews, 1866-1941, an early African American resident, holding the tools of his trade in front of a painted backdrop. He was a stone mas... |
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| Description: | Charles Green, the last survivor of the African American colony at Pleasant Ridge (near Lancaster, WI) looks out over the community graveyard. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | White Studio portrait of vaudevillian Bert Williams. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc... |
| 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... |
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| Description: | Bernice Robinson with students at first citizenship school at Johns Island. |
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