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| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | A recent graduate of South Boston High School and her friends are standing on the sidewalk in front of a house. One of the woman has a baby in a baby strol... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Donna Connolly, wearing sunglasses, is standing on the sidewalk in South Boston with some of her children. She was one of the leaders of the school boycott... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | A group of students in South Boston are boycotting school to protest court-ordered desegregation busing. One boy is grabbing the head of an effigy of an Af... |
| Date: | 09 12 1974 |
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| Description: | View down street towards school buses transporting minority students to South Boston High School. They were escorted by police. Protestors are lined up alo... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Caption on the reverse reads: "S. Boston kids preparing to hang an effigy." One of the boys is standing on the top of the chain-link fence helping the boy ... |
| Date: | 01 14 1974 |
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| Description: | The Reverend Jesse Jackson preaching at Shiloh Baptist Church. Members of the congregation are sitting behind him. Delegate Walter E. Fauntroy is sitting o... |
| Date: | 06 12 1976 |
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| Description: | Casual outdoor portrait of a woman, who is standing in front of a door with her hand on the railing. She was attending the Conference on Alternative State ... |
| Date: | 06 12 1976 |
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| Description: | Activist Sam W. Brown, Jr., having a conversation with people outdoors at the Conference on Alternative State and Local Public Policies held at the St. Edw... |
| Date: | 01 14 1974 |
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| Description: | A woman in a flowered dress is singing and clapping at a church service in the Shiloh Baptist Church. She is surrounded by other singers, two wearing choir... |
| Date: | 01 14 1974 |
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| Description: | A woman in a flowered dress is singing at a church service in the Shiloh Baptist Church. She is surrounded by other singers, two wearing choir robes. The R... |
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| Description: | Dancers in uniform performing in the foreground, with a marching band in the background. Pompoms are attached above the dancers shoes. They are performing ... |
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| Description: | Dancers in uniform performing in the foreground, with the marching band playing in the background. Pompoms are attached to the dancers shoes. They are perf... |
| Civil Rights Advocate and Legislator |
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| Biography of Lloyd A. Barbee, Milwaukee civil rights advocate and legislator. |
| 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. |
| Educator Resources on the Milwaukee Fair Housing Marches for Grades K-12 |
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| Learn about the Society's ongoing partnership with March On, Milwaukee to commemorate the fair housing movement and to promote education on local topics. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | A man, sitting on porch steps, is holding up a sign that reads: "K.K.K. + S.B + H.P." (Ku Klux Klan plus South Boston plus Hyde Park.) Standing on the porc... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Caption on the reverse reads: "Linda Crump — girl on left, a student who was hit by a rock in her bus on the way out of S. Boston." Two girls and a young... |
| Learn about the 7th Wisconsin Historical Society director who developed civil rights documentation, local history preservation and Old World Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 06 12 1976 |
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| Description: | Casual outdoor portrait of Barney Frank, a State Representative from Boston. He was attending the Conference on Alternative State and Local Public Policies... |
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