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Groppi Protesting Eagles Club
March 1966
Father James Groppi and the NAACP Youth Council demonstrating outside the Eagles Club at night beneath a marquee advertising a Duke Ellington performance.
NAACP Youth Council Commandos
1968
Three members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council Commandos (Milwaukee) kneel over George Wallace presidential campaign materials. All three young men we...
Father Groppi and Vel Phillips on Hood of Bus
Father James Groppi speaking through a megaphone from the hood of a bus. Groppi stands with Alderperson Vel Phillips. Several of the people in the assembled crowd wear Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council...
Father Groppi Resting with Marchers
1967
Father James Groppi sitting with several of his fellow marchers, some in Milwaukee N.A.A.C.P. Youth Council shirts. Groppi has taken off one of his shoes.
Father Groppi at School Boycott
Father James Groppi and students from Boniface School join the public school boycott. They're clapping their hands and appear to be chanting.
NAACP Youth Council Members "Guarding" Chief Brier's Home
September 30, 1966
Four members of Milwaukee's NAACP Youth Council Commandoes sit in a car outside the home of Police Chief Harold Brier at 3139 S. 50th Street.
