wsh_turningpts_tp232000 tp232000 turningpts wsh yes Negro families in rural Wisconsin Wisconsin. Governor's Commission on Human Rights Wisconsin--Rural conditions African Americans--Wisconsin Although the majority of Wisconsin's African American population settled in more urban areas, others chose to live in small towns or on farms. In the 1950s, the Governor's Commission on Human Rights began surveying the state to find statistical as well as personal information about rural African Americans. The commission interviewed 486 African Americans in all and the report, released in 1959, provides biographical sketches of some of the individuals. They also interviewed white community members in an attempt to discern the tenor of racial relations in rural settings. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Madison, Wis.] : Wisconsin Historical Society Wisconsin Historical Society 2005 Books http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/tp,10654 "Negro families in rural Wisconsin : a study of their community life." (Madison, Wis. : Governor's Commission on Human Rights, 1959. 72 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Wisconsin government publications collection, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin Forms part of the Turning points collection (Wisconsin Historical Society) 1959 Wisconsin "Negro families in rural Wisconsin : a study of their community life." (Madison, Wis. : Governor's Commission on Human Rights, 1959); online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1099 Copyright 2005 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) 20090526 204905