Knowles, Warren P.
Biography:
Wikipedia 26 Oct. 2012: Governor of Wisconsin from 1965-1971. "Warren Perley Knowles (August 19, 1908 – May 1, 1993), born in River Falls, Wisconsin, was an American lawyer and politician from New Richmond, Wisconsin...Elected governor narrowly over the Democratic incumbent John W. Reynolds in 1964 against the national Lyndon B. Johnson tidal wave, he served three terms from 1965 to 1971. During these years, he had to call out the National Guard periodically to maintain civil order during Wisconsin’s anti-war and civil rights demonstrations."
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Alabama Media Group Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
- Civil rights demonstrators, journalists, and law enforcement officials gathered on Sylvan Street in front of Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
- Civil rights demonstrators on Sylvan Street in front of Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
- Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated (Atlanta History Center)
- Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
- Integration Correspondence (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- James W. Silver Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- John E. Phay Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000 (University of South Carolina)