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. 10-1 Lloyd A Barbee letter, page 1
3. 10-1 Norman Adelman letter, 1964 February 1
4. 11-1 Lloyd A Barbee letter, page 1
5. 11-1 Teachers' guide for Freedom Schools, page 1
6. 11 Bussing for segregation flier for parents, 1964 October 4
7. 1-1 Countdown bulletin, side 1
8. 1-1 Freedom Certificate, 1966 March 28, side 1
9. 11 Harold W Story letter, 1964 February 3
10. 1-1 Milwaukee Freedom Schools list, page 1
11. 1-1 MUSIC press release, 1965 December 4, page 1
12. 1-1 Research Committee Meeting
13. 1-1 Segregation in Milwaukee Public Schools paper, 1963 December 10
14. 12-1 Seventh to twelfth grade schedules, page1
15. 12 June Shagaloff speech flier
16. 12 Richard McLeod letter, 1964 February 4
17. 13-1 Poems and lessons for grades 4, 5 and 6, page 1
18. 13 Handwritten note
19. 14-1 Commemoration day program, page 1
20. 14-1 Dark Testament, page 1
21. 14-1 Final directives for principals, page 1
22. 15 Questionnaire for School Board candidate
23. 15 Why Boycott information sheet
24. 16 Irv Brotslaw for School Board flier
25. 16 Milwaukee Star boycott article
26. 17-1 Lesson taken from the First Book of Negroes, page 1
27. 17 Freedom School facts and pending boycot
28. 18 Boycott flier, 1965 October 21
29. 18 Meeting announcement, 1965 December 4
30. 19-1 Freedom Day parent instructions, side 1
31. 1 Eagles discriminate handout
32. 1 Freedom Day School, freedom certificate
33. 1 Letter to David Cohen
34. 1 Notes on meeting with Lorraine M. Radtke, undated
35. 1 Orville Pitts letter, 1965 July 13
36. 1 Picket for Integrated Schools, circa February 1963
37. 1 Program of Activities for Primary Grades, Freedom Day School, 1964 May 18
38. 1 Richard McLeod letter, 1963 October 5
39. 20 Boycott flier for parents and teenagers
40. 21-0 Social Studies lesson on stereotypes, objectives and procedure
41. 21 Directives for Freedom School principals
42. 2-1 Freedom School program of activities for intermediate grades, page 1
43. 2-1 Letter to candidate
44. 2-1 Research Committee Meeting
45. 2-1 School bond referendum letter, 1966 March 30, page 1
46. 2-1 Seventh to twelfth grade schedules and curriculae, page 1
47. 22-1 Seventh to twelfth grade schedules and curriculum, page 1
48. 22 Inferior schools handout, 1965 August 28
49. 23-1 Poetry for high schoolers, page 1
50. 24-8 Freedom School teaching guide, page 8
51. 24 School Board and Supreme Court endorsements
52. 25 Bibliography for grades 3-5-7
53. 25 MUSIC publications handwritten note
54. 26 Parent questionnaire
55. 26 Recess and game sheet for primary grades
56. 27-1 Freedom Institute handout, page 1
57. 28 Freedom rally, 1965 April 3
58. 29 Lloyd A. Barbee bus chain-in letter, 1965 June 2
59. 2 Directives for Freedom School Principals, 1964 May 18
60. 2 Essay contest directives, 1966 March 28
61. 2 Facts about the Freedom Day School Withdrawal, 1964 May 18
62. 2 Freedom Day School, why hurt me more
63. 2 Instructions for pickets handout
64. 2 Letter to David Cohen
65. 2 March for Segregated Schools flier, circa February 1963
66. 2 Notes on meeting with Lorraine M. Radtke, undated
67. 2 Orville Pitts letter, 1965 July 13
68. 2 Richard McLeod letter, 1963 October 24
69. 2 School meeting and picket flier, circa February 1963
70. 30 PTA Council fails Milwaukee children, letter
71. 3-1 Freedom Day Milwaukee, teachers' guide, page 1
72. 3-1 Freedom School information draft, page 1
73. 3-1 Letter to Eldred Dede
74. 3-1 Research Committee Meeting
75. 31 Sounds of MUSIC, poem
76. 32-1 Fundraising dinner program, 1966 January 29, page 1
77. 3 CORE Demonstration Rules, circa 1964
78. 3 Letter to David Cohen
79. 3 Lloyd A Barbee letter, 1965 May 2
80. 3 MacDowell School Site vigil press release, 1965 December 5
81. 3 Thomas A Linton letter, 1964 January 8
82. 3 Three Poems on Attucks, Tubman and Douglass, 1964 May 18
83. 3 Welcome flier, circa January 1964
84. 3 What is a Freedom School
85. 4-1 Clergymen's demonstration, 1964 June 4, page 1
86. 4-1 Freedom Day School program of activities, page 1
87. 4-1 General Instructions to Principals, page 1
88. 4-1 Letter to John W. Gardner
89. 4-1 Program of activities for primary grades, page 1
90. 4-1 Research Committee Meeting
91. 4 CORE National Convention education committee activities, 1964 July 2
92. 4 Freedom Day School, keep your children out of school
93. 4 Freedom Schools Teacher Questionnaire, 1964 May
94. 4 Letter to David Cohen
95. 4 Marilyn Morheuser letter, 1965 November 2
96. 4 Negro Vital Statistics, City of Milwaukee, circa 1963
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