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Milwaukee Grape Boycott Panel

Date: 1969
Description: John Schmitt, AFL CIO president; Manuel Salas, labor contractor for Libby, McNeil and Libby; Cesar Chavez and Eliseo Medina sit together on a panel in Milw...
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Charles Heymanns and Jesus Salas at Strike Rally

Date: 1967
Description: The man standing in a suit and dark tie with glasses to the left is Charles Heymanns, international organizer for AFL-CIO. Seated to his right in a light s...
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Salvador Sanchez Addressing Workers

Date: 1967
Description: Standing on the hood of the car in a striped short-sleeved shirt and sunglasses is Salvador Sanchez, an organizer for Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Wi...
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Jesus Salas and John Schmitt

Date: 1967
Description: On the right, Jesus Salas, leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), Wisconsin's migrant farm worker union. On the left, John Schmitt, president of the AF...
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Dancer with Children on Dance Floor

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Description: Jesus Avila of Ballet Folklorico in a sombrero and suit with side-seam decoration on the trousers claps and dances with children in a gymnasium, probably a...
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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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