Large crowd on south plaza of Hennepin County Government Center waits for political rally with Geraldine Ferraro, first female major-party candidate for vice president.
Geraldine Ferraro, first female major-party candidate for vice president, speaks at a political rally on the south plaza of the Hennepin County Government Center. On her jacket is a political button promoting Minnesota Secretary of State Joan Growe, who is partially visible behind her.
Geraldine Ferraro, first female major-party candidate for vice president, speaks at a political rally on the south plaza of the Hennepin County Government Center.
Vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro speaks from podium outside the Hennepin County Government Center, applauded by Hennepin County Commissioner Mark Andrew, left; Lieutenant Governor Marlene Johnson, second from left; Hennepin County Commissioner John Derus, right of Ferraro.
Geraldine Ferraro, first female major-party candidate for vice president, speaks at a political rally on the south plaza of the Hennepin County Government Center. Behind her are Minnesota Secretary of State Joan Growe, left, and Hennepin County Commissioner John Derus, right.
Governor Youngdahl stands on the steps of the State Capitol building next to a man on crutches and surrounded by protestors. In July, 1946, nearly 100 veterans marched on the state capitol to urge Governor Youngdahl to use his influence to speed the transfer of displaced European Jews to Palestine. The governor promised the veterans that he would work with the State Department and President Truman to support the immediate migration of 100,000 Jewish refugees from Europe.
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Newton Minow, member of the Public Broadcasting System Board of Governors and former chair of the Federal Communications Commission, speaks from podium. Three men and two women are seated behind him. Cassette tape recorder on floor next to podium.
A group of local activists gathered in Minneapolis to plant a tree "in tribute to Soviet Refusniks," the term applied in the West to Russian Jews who were refused the right to immigrate by the Soviet government.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives