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Fair Housing March

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March for fair housing in Milwaukee. Father James Groppi is on the right.

Date Created:
circa 1960 -- 1969

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Date Created
circa 1960 -- 1969

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COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W0141AL
Legacy ID
WHi 48077

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Fair Housing March

Fair Housing March

circa 1960 -- 1969

Marchers carrying signs bearing the names of Milwaukee suburbs during a CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) march for fair housing in Milwaukee. They are passing in front of the Coach House Motor Inn.

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Lloyd Barbee at Milwaukee County Courthouse

Lloyd Barbee at Milwaukee County Courthouse

1966

Lloyd Barbee and others gathered in front of the Milwaukee County Courthouse for a rally addressing Civil Rights, education, housing, and police brutality. They are gathered in front of a pediment ...

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Fair Housing March

Fair Housing March

August 29, 1966

Father James Groppi leading a fair housing march.

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MUSIC March Against School Segregation

MUSIC March Against School Segregation

February 1964

Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC) members carrying signs and marching against school segregation in Milwaukee.

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Groppi Protesting Eagles Club

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.

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Father Groppi Resting with Marchers

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.

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