Turning points in Wisconsin history
hundreds of authentic documents, pictures, and artifacts from Wisconsin's past -- creation stories, archaeological relics, reports by explorers, pictures of fur trade goods, memoirs by Indian elders, diaries of pioneer teenagers, paintings by immigrant artists, speeches of famous Wisconsin men and women, photos of historic places, and more.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1924/1992
Subject
African American business enterprises--Wisconsin--Directories
African Americans--Civil rights--Wisconsin--History
African Americans--Wisconsin--History
Block printing--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Citizenship--Wisconsin--History
Civil rights--Wisconsin--History
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Madison
Discrimination in employment--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Discrimination in housing--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Educational change--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Handicraft--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Public schools--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Race discrimination--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
School integration--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
United States. Works Progress Administration
White supremacy movements--Wisconsin--Madison
Whites--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--Attitudes
Wisconsin--Rural conditions
Wisconsin--Race relations--History--20th century
Location
United States, Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison, 43.07305, -89.40123
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, 43.0389, -87.90647
Medium
newspapers
pamphlets
relief prints
reports
books
clippings (information artifacts)
web sites
Type
StillImage, Text
Description
Web site with Wisconsin state history divided into ten time periods from Native American history through the twentieth century. Civil rights-related materials in the collection include reports and documents about school integration, African American housing patterns in Milwaukee, and information about African American business and employment.
"Created with support from the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, CESA 6, and UW Oshkosh's Teaching American History Grant from the U.S. Department of Education."
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.
Contributing Institution
Wisconsin Historical Society
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