- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Wesley L. Scott, July 25, 1995
- Creator:
- Scott, Wesley L.
Milwaukee Public Schools
Milwaukee Public Schools Board
Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Congress of Racial Equality
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Contributor to Resource:
- Dougherty, Jack
- Date of Original:
- 1995-07-25
- Subject:
- Oral history
Oral history--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Schools
Law
Teachers
Segregation in education
Civil rights
Fans (Persons)
Friendship
Discrimination in housing
Black power
Segregation - People:
- Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925-2002
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998 - Location:
- United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, 43.0389, -87.90647
- Medium:
- spoken word
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
Text - Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Interview of Wesley L. scott, conducted by Jack Dougherty, July 25, 1995 (at his office, Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 756 N Milwaukee Street, Milwaukee).
Wesley L. Scott was the CEO of the Milwaukee Urban League and an active member of We-Milwaukee. He discusses Milwaukee civil rights in the 1950's, his activities with the Urban League, criticism of newspaper coverage of the school movement, the goals of We-Milwaukee, efforts to support black history, and the role of civil rights groups in the 1970's desegregation fight. - Metadata URL:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/1593
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/iiif/2/march:1593/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:
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