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NAACP Certificate of Merit for Father Groppi
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Certificate of Merit presented to Father James E. Groppi of Milwaukee on January 7, 1968, for his work as Advisor of the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council. The certificate is signed by NAACP President, Kivie Kaplan, Chairman, Stephen Gill Spottswood, and Executive Director, Roy Wilkins.
1968
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Groppi and the NAACP Youth Council Meeting
Father James Groppi meets around a large table with the NAACP Youth Council. Several of the men are wearing shirts with the word "Commando" on the back.
Father James Groppi at NAACP March
1968
Father James Groppi (1931-) and social activists at NAACP March, marching east up Wisconsin Avenue.
Vel Phillips and James Groppi at NAACP Youth Council Meeting
1967
Vel Phillips at a Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council meeting. Vel is standing with a group of people on a table or stage. Below her is Father James Groppi. Vel is watching an unidentified man in a NAACP...
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...
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...
Youth Council Delivers Christmas Donations
December 24, 1966
Followed by father James Groppi, their advisor, four members of the Milwaukee Youth Council of the National Association of Colored People (NAACP), are walking up the steps of a home to deliver boxe...
