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| Wisconsin History Maker Award |
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| Read about the woman from Milwaukee's South Side who became Wisconsin's first African American secretary of state. |
| Date: | 04 14 1967 |
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| Description: | Alderman Martin E. Schreiber, President of the Milwaukee Common Council, is on a podium wearing a suit. On the left is Vel Phillips who is wearing a dress.... |
| Date: | 04 14 1967 |
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| Description: | Reverend Lovell Johnson is on the left wearing a coat. On the right is Bernice Lindsay who is wearing a hat and carrying a handbag and cane. In the middle ... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Two women and a man are standing together with a caption that identifies them as "Vel Phillip[s], Bernard Toliver, and Mrs. Moore — 1st prize, Lawn and Gar... |
| Date: | 08 20 1964 |
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| Description: | View of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Washington, standing on the sidewalk in the foreground with their backs to the camera, who were the first tenants of the Lapham P... |
| Date: | 03 30 1973 |
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| Description: | Group portrait at the Mary Church Terrell Creative Center, which was founded in 1963 by Bernice Lindsay (second from left). The Creative Center was located... |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Eydie V. Watts, member of the Milwaukee City Civil Service Commission. She is wearing a dark dress or blouse and a necklace and ... |
| Date: | 04 14 1967 |
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| Description: | Bernice Lindsay posing with the street sign named after her. Part of the N. Lindsay Street Dedication ceremony. She is wearing a coat and a hat. Three unid... |
| Date: | 04 14 1967 |
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| Description: | Bernice Lindsay is on a podium. She is wearing a coat and a hat. A man is filming her speech. On the ground is the street sign in her honor. Part of the N ... |
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| Description: | Four African American women posing while sitting on porch steps. Three of them are wearing slacks and blouses, while the woman in front is wearing a white ... |
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| Description: | An African American Santa Claus has his arms around an African American man and woman in what appears to be a restaurant. There is wall paper and posters b... |
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| Description: | Photograph of Eydie V. Watts, member of the Milwaukee City Civil Service Commission. Ms. Watts sits on a chair with her hands clasped. She is wearing a str... |
| Date: | 04 14 1967 |
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| Description: | Bernice Lindsay is standing under a new reflected street name sign in her honor. She is wearing a coat, a hat, and a broach. Beside her is a fire hydrant. ... |
| Date: | 09 25 1966 |
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| Description: | Still from an episode of the WTMJ program "Human Rights," which was titled "Race Relations '66." Four people: Wesley L. Scott, executive director of the Mi... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Dr. Joseph Carpenter, assistant professor of Afro-American Education & Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is seated with his family. His ... |
| Date: | 04 14 1967 |
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| Description: | President of the Milwaukee Common Council Martin E. Schreiber is at the podium. He is wearing a suit and glasses. On the left is Bernice Lindsay who is wea... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | The NAACP Milwaukee Branch's Freedom Fund Dinner Committee. The Freedom Fund Dinner is an annual NAACP fundraising event and awards ceremony for the organi... |
| Date: | 04 03 1968 |
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| Description: | Many people are standing or sitting in a room with "Walther for Mayor" signs on the wall. Some are looking at a television in the foreground. Caption reads... |
| Date: | 12 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of four of the five Wisconsin women given Carol Awards for outstanding civic and community service by the Junior Chamber of Commerce auxilia... |
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| Description: | Photograph of Eydie V. Watts, member of the Milwaukee City Civil Service Commssion. Ms. Watts sits at her desk in an office. She is wearing a dress or blou... |
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