- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- News film clip of a fair housing march in Milwaukee, likely September 2, 1967 (with sound and silent)
- Creator:
- WTMJ-TV
- Contributor to Resource:
- NAACP Youth Council Commandos
- Publisher:
- Milwaukee Journal Stations Records, 1922-1997, WTMJ-TV News Film Archives, Wisconsin Historical Society
- Date of Original:
- 1967-09-02
- Subject:
- Cameras--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Motion picture cameras--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Microphone
Press conferences--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Megaphones--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Youth--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
African American youth--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Riot helmets--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Police--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Police--Equipment and supplies
Police--Uniforms
Truncheons--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Riot control--Equipment and supplies
Riot control--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
T-shirts--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Printed fashion apparel--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Public opinion
Wit and humor
Mobile communication systems--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Sunglasses--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Reporters and reporting--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Crowds--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Civil rights workers--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
African American civil rights workers--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
African Americans--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
African Americans--Education--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Civil rights--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
Race discrimination--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--History--20th century
Discrimination in housing--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Race relations
Milwaukee (Wis.)--Race relations
Milwaukee (Wis.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Wisconsin--Race relations--History--20th century
Milwaukee Public Schools
Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Picketing--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Sidewalks--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Signs and signboards--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Street signs--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Automobiles--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Clergy--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Catholic Church--Clergy--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Pedestrian areas--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Parks--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Interviews--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Children--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
African American children--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Communication--Wisconsin--Milwaukee - People:
- Gregory, Dick
Groppi, James, 1930-1985
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973--Public opinion
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007--Public opinion
Phillips, Vel, 1924-2018 - Location:
- United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, 43.0389, -87.90647
- Medium:
- moving images
film - Type:
- MovingImage
- Description:
- Footage of a fair housing march, likely on September 2nd, from the North Side to City Hall. Dick Gregory, national comedian, visiting Milwaukee to support the local struggle, speaks against Mayor Maier's curfew and ban on nighttime marching as well as the lack of police protection. Vel Phillips, Father Groppi, and the Commandos along with other supporters can be seen marching and gathering in a park.
North Side--Wisconsin--Milwaukee; City Hall--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Daily footage. September 2, 1967, segments 14 and 15. - Metadata URL:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/939
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright Journal Broadcast Group. Footage and pictures used with permission of WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee and the Journal Broadcast Group. The footage cannot be printed, broadcast or used as an interactive element or in any future medium, not yet defined, without the direct, written consent of WTMJ-TV and the Journal Broadcast Group.
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Extent:
- 16mm
avi; mp4 - Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Rights:
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