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- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Juanita Adams and Arlene Johnson, June 15, 1995
- Creator:
- Adams, Juanita
Johnson, Arlene
Congress of Racial Equality
Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP Youth Council Commandos
Ku Klux Klan
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation - Contributor to Resource:
- Dougherty, Jack
- Date of Original:
- 1995-06-15
- Subject:
- Oral history--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Oral history
Marches
Schools
Segregation in education
Civil rights workers
Busing for school integration
Nonviolence
Prejudices
Black power
Discrimination in employment
Segregation
Threats
Police brutality
Youth
Discrimination against people with disabilities
Civil rights demonstrations - People:
- Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925-2002
Groppi, James, 1930-1985
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Jacobson, Thomas - Location:
- United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, St. Boniface Church, 43.06612, -87.92592
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, St. Mathew Church - Medium:
- spoken word
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
Text - Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Interview with Juanita Adams and Arlene Johnson conducted by Jack Dougherty, June 15, 1995 (at Ms. Johnson's home, 7225 N. 86th Street, Milwaukee).
Juanita Adams and Arlene Johnson were two founders of the Congress of Racial Equality's (CORE) Milwaukee chapter. Topics include their choice to become involved with school integration, differences between CORE and Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC), personal experiences with racism including threats of violence, the school boycott of 1964, fellow members of CORE, and gender roles in CORE. - Metadata URL:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/1566
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/iiif/2/march:1566/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 audio file
1 text file - Original Collection:
- More Than One Struggle Oral History Project Records
Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
March On Milwaukee - Civil Rights History Project; - Contributing Institution:
- Golda Meir Library. Special Collections
- Rights: