- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Madison, Wisconsin, James Groppi with raised fist, assembly chambers welfare protest, 1969
- Creator:
- Groppi, James, 1930-1985
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council - Publisher:
- James Groppi Photographs, James Groppi Papers, 1956-1978, Wisconsin Historical Society
- Date of Original:
- 1969
- Subject:
- Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Law
Civil rights workers
Clergy
Welfare economics
Civil rights demonstrations - People:
- Groppi, James, 1930-1985
- Location:
- United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, 43.0389, -87.90647
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Madison, Wisconsin 1969. Father Groppi's annotation, "Father Groppi at Madison, Wisconsin during the welfare demonstrations. The assembly Chambers were occupied for 17 hours to protest the budget cuts to welfare recipients. Father Groppi is being sued for up to 15,000 dollars for the damage done to the assembly chambers. He was put in jail for a contempt of the assembly charge, and is facing a state disorderly charge for the same demonstration.
Grayscale - Metadata URL:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/652
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/iiif/2/march:652/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- The Wisconsin Historical Society. Used with permission.
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Extent:
- Photographic prints
- Original Collection:
- James Groppi Papers, 1956-1978
James Groppi Photographs
Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Center. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
March On Milwaukee - Civil Rights History Project - Contributing Institution:
- Golda Meir Library. Special Collections
- Rights:
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