March on Milwaukee : civil rights history project
Sound recordings, moving images, photographs, and manuscript materials related to the Civil Rights movement in Milwaukee.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1960/1969
Subject
Milwaukee (Wis.)--Race relations
Civil rights movements--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Civil rights workers--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
African Americans--Civil rights--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--History--Sources
Civil rights--History--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--Sources
African Americans-- History--Sources--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Location
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, 43.0389, -87.90647
Medium
sound recordings
photographs
Type
MovingImage
Description
This digital collection presents primary sources from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries and the Wisconsin Historical Society that provide a window onto Milwaukee's civil rights history. During the 1960s, community members waged protests, boycotts, and legislative battles against segregation and discriminatory practices in schools, housing, and social clubs. The efforts of these activists and their opponents are vividly documented in the primary sources found here, including photographs, unedited news film footage, text documents, and oral history interviews. This website also includes educational materials, including a bibliography and timeline, to enhance understanding of the primary sources. The March on Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project seeks to make Milwaukee's place in the national struggle for racial equality more accessible, engaging, and interactive.
Contributing Institution
Wisconsin Historical Society
Golda Meir Library. Special Collections
Search Results
2. 3 Wisconsin Conference
3. 4 Wisconsin Conference
4. 5 Wisconsin Conference
5. 10 Summary of proposed state civil rights law handout
6. 12 June Shagaloff speech flier
7. 3 Negroes unite for jobs & housing flier
8. 7-0 Songs, nurse guide and vocabulary lists, list of songs
9. 11 Harold W Story letter, 1964 February 3
10. 14-1 Commemoration day program, page 1
11. 1-1 Research Committee Meeting
12. 3-1 Research Committee Meeting
13. 4-1 Research Committee Meeting
14. 5 Freedom Day School, note
15. 2-1 Letter to candidate
16. 3 Lloyd A Barbee letter, 1965 May 2
17. 5 Letter to Edward Lane, 1965 May 3
18. 5 Lloyd A Barbee letter, 1965 May 9
19. 1-1 Letter to NBC television
20. 29 Lloyd A. Barbee bus chain-in letter, 1965 June 2
21. News film clip of a Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC) protest over busing and de facto segregation on June 4, 1965 (silent)
22. 4-1 Letter to John W. Gardner
23. 3-1 Letter to Eldred Dede
24. 7 Letter to Henry Reuss, 1965 September 25
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