- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Adolph Arms, August 17, 2007
- Creator:
- Arms, Adolph Thomas
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council
Milwaukee Police - Contributor to Resource:
- Gordon, Michael A.
- Date of Original:
- 2007-08-17
- Subject:
- Oral history--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Oral history
Milwaukee (Wis.)--Race relations
Marches
Civil rights demonstrations
Discrimination in housing
Black power
Prejudices
Curfews
Imprisonment
Police brutality
Poor People's Campaign--Washington (D.C.)
Christmas - People:
- Groppi, James, 1930-1985
Gregory, Dick
Rozga, Margaret
Phillips, Vel, 1924-2018
Davis, Johnny - Location:
- United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, 15th Street Freedom House
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, 3rd Streets
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Meineke Street - Medium:
- spoken word
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
Text - Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Oral history interview with Adolph Arms conducted by Michael Gordon on August 17, 2007 in Milwaukee, as part of the March on Milwaukee Oral History Project.
Arms was born in Milwaukee and attended North Division High School before joining the Commandos. He discusses fellow marchers, the Freedom House, the 1968 Poor People's Campaign in Washington D.C., and job discrimination in the local union. Lastly, he recalls his impression of the Black Christmas boycott and the civil disturbances in July, 1967. - Metadata URL:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/1596
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/iiif/2/march:1596/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 audio file
1 text file - Original Collection:
- Oral History Interviews of the March on Milwaukee Oral History Project, 2007-2008
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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