- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- NAACP Youth Council demonstration of Milwaukee Eagles Club, James Groppi right, 1966
- Creator:
- Groppi, James, 1930-1985
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council - Date of Original:
- 1966
- Subject:
- Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Marches
Nonviolence
Race relations
Picketing--Wisconsin--Milwaukee - People:
- Groppi, James, 1930-1985
- Location:
- United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Eagles Club
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Father Groppi's annotation, "In 1966, Father Groppi and the NAACP Youth Council conducted demonstations at the all-white Milwaukee Eagles Club. The National Guard was called out in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin because of the march. About 15 judges belong to the racist organization in violation to the state judicial code of ethics. Father Groppi must constantly appear before these judges whose home he has picketed. He has been arrested 12 times.
Grayscale - Metadata URL:
- http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/669
- Rights Holder:
- The Wisconsin Historical Society. Used with permission.
- Original Collection:
- James Groppi Papers, 1956-1978
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil000ex
James Groppi Photographs
Archives and Special Collections / Milwaukee Area Research Center. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
March On Milwaukee - Civil Rights History Project - Contributing Institution:
- Golda Meir Library. Special Collections
Wisconsin Historical Society - Rights:
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