- 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 - Publisher:
- James Groppi Photographs, James Groppi Papers, 1956-1978, Wisconsin Historical Society
- Date of Original:
- 1966
- Subject:
- Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Marches
Nonviolence
Interracial couples
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:
- 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:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/669
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/iiif/2/march:669/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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