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Lloyd Barbee at Capitol

Date: 08 1964
Description: Lloyd Barbee posing in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Lloyd Barbee at Milwaukee County Courthouse

Date: 1966
Description: Lloyd Barbee and others gathered in front of the Milwaukee County Courthouse for a rally addressing Civil Rights, education, housing, and police brutality....
Feature Story

Lloyd Barbee

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Lloyd A. Barbee, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Anti-Desegregation Demonstrator

Date: 1963
Description: Man in a hat and long coat holding a sign opposing desegregation in schools. Possibly in Milwaukee.
Historical Essay

Barbee, Lloyd A. (1925-2002)

Civil Rights Advocate and Legislator
Biography of Lloyd A. Barbee, Milwaukee civil rights advocate and legislator.
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Father Groppi

Date: 1968
Description: Father Groppi in the midst of a group of people.
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Father Groppi Singing with Activists

Date: 1968
Description: Father James Groppi with young civil rights activists. They have all joined hands and are singing.
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Freedom Day School Withdrawal

Date: 1964
Description: Four people seated at a desk which has a poster on it advertising Freedom Day School Withdrawal, set for Monday, May 18th, 1964.
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Civil Rights Rally at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 06 13 1961
Description: Large group of protesters in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda with many carrying signs in favor of Civil Rights for African-Americans. One man holds a s...
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Fair Housing March

Date: 
Description: March for fair housing in Milwaukee. Father James Groppi is on the right.
Photograph

MUSIC March Against School Segregation

Date: 02 1964
Description: Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC) members carrying signs and marching against school segregation in Milwaukee.
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School Desegregation Pickets

Date: 1964
Description: A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation.
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Father Groppi in Police Wagon

Date: 1966
Description: Father Groppi is seated in the back of a police wagon with police officer after being arrested in front of his parish for the second night in a row.
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Fair Housing March

Date: 
Description: Marchers carrying signs bearing the names of Milwaukee suburbs during a CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) march for fair housing in Milwaukee. They are pa...
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Public Testamony For and Against Equal Opportunity Commission

Date: 04 29 1965
Description: An Assembly bill to establish a full-time Equal Opportunity Commission got 5 1/2 hours of pro and con testimony at a public hearing before the Assembly Jud...
Historical Essay

Civil Rights Movement in Wisconsin

Brief history of the Civil Rights Movement in Wisconsin.
General Information

"We Stand on Their Shoulders": A History of Wisconsin Women and Voting

A Traveling Display
"We Stand on Their Shoulders" explores moments when women in Wisconsin gained political rights and highlights key leaders.
Historical Essay

Black History in Wisconsin

Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources.

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