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Morheuser, Marilyn, 1924-1995

Authoritative Name:

Morheuser, Marilyn, 1924-1995

Biography:

A former Catholic nun who quit her Catholic order to become a civil rights activist in Milwaukee in 1963, where she served as one of the leaders of Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC). She relocated to New Jersey, where she received a law degree from Rutgers and continued to advocate on behalf of civil rights issues. As an attorney, she represented ACLU of New Jersey, the Urban League, and the NAACP.

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Morheuser, Marilyn, 1924-1995

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

19 items in 1 collections (expand all)

16 Milwaukee Star boycott article

Creator:: Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Date of Original:: 1965-09-25
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

3-1 Research Committee Meeting

Creator:: Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925-2002
Date of Original:: 1964-12-09
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

31 Sounds of MUSIC, poem

Creator:: Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Date of Original:: 1966-01-29
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

4 Letter to David Cohen

Creator:: Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925-2002
Date of Original:: 1966-05-06
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

4 Marilyn Morheuser letter, 1965 November 2

Creator:: Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Date of Original:: 1965-11-02
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

4-1 Research Committee Meeting

Creator:: Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925-2002
Date of Original:: 1964-12-16
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Educator Resources:

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14-1 Final directives for principals, page 1

Creator:: Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Date of Original:: 1964-1965
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

2 Essay contest directives, 1966 March 28

Creator:: Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Date of Original:: 1966-03-28
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

2 Instructions for pickets handout

Creator:: Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Date of Original:: 1964/1966
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

27-1 Freedom Institute handout, page 1

Creator:: Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Date of Original:: 1965
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

3-1 Freedom School information draft, page 1

Creator:: Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Date of Original:: 1966
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

33-1 Freedom Camp II, page 1

Creator:: Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Date of Original:: 1964-10-31
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society