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| The Society owns one of the nation's richest collections of Civil Rights movement records, including more than 100 manuscript collections on Freedom Summer |
| A Traveling Display |
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| Meet some of our LGBTQ+ visionaries, changemakers, and storytellers, get inspired, and share your story. |
| The Primary That Launched a President and Changed the Course of History |
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| Uncover JFK's 1960 Wisconsin primary win in "Wisconsin for Kennedy" by B.J. Hollars. A riveting tale of political intrigue and grassroots triumph. |
| Brief descriptions and links to original documents created by CORE, SNCC, COFO, local residents, volunteers and opponents. Organized by topic |
| Follow the progression of key events before, during and after Freedom Summer. Contains links to original documents |
| Do you want to see if anyone from your state or community participated in the 1964 Freedom Summer Project? Search over 1,600 names. |
| A comprehensive guide of the most important primary sources for teachers, students and researchers wanting to study Freedom Summer. |
| Sourcebook, PowerPoint Presentation, Video |
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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 |
| Read an overview of this pivotal event in the nation's civil rights era |
| Photographer David Giffey Captures Details of Migrant Worker Life |
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| Learn about migrant worker life in Wisconsin and Texas captured by Wisconsin-born photojournalist David Giffey. |
| Learn more about the 1904 fire that destroyed the third Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Images relating to Daisy Bates, former Arkansas NAACP President |
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| View photographs from the collection of Daisy Bates, an American civil rights activist, publisher and writer. |
| Underground Newspapers of the 1960s and 1970s |
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| Images of the Wisconsin Historical Society's collection of underground newspapers. |
| 1850-2009 |
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| Photographs of political campaign techniques of the past. |
| A Visual Biography, 1908-1957 |
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| Learn about the four years Senator Joseph McCarthy held the nation in his grasp with his anti-Communist rhetoric. |
| View Edmund Eisenscher's photographs of the personal and work life of Milwaukee union members from 1938-1956 |
| View this image collection of the Wisconsin Democratic Senator William Proxmire. |
| View images produced by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, while they were challenging a white, supremacist delegation. |
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