• Armed National Guardsmen protect marchers

    AP Wirephoto

    National Guardsmen armed with rifles and bayonets form a line. They were there to protect Civil Rights marchers who were demonstrating in Wauwatosa for the 10th straight night. They were protesting th…

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  • Police surround young men

    On August 25th, 1966 Protesters had been demonstrating at Judge Robert C. Cannon's house for six nights in a row. Wauwatosa police enacted a ban on picketing, and arrested five people that night. Aug…

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