- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Peter Murrell Sr. and Eva Ruth June 2, 1995
- Creator:
- Murrell, Peter Sr.
Murrell, Eva Ruth
City of Milwaukee's Government
Milwaukee Public Schools
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Congress of Racial Equality
Milwaukee United School Integration Committee - Contributor to Resource:
- Dougherty, Jack
- Date of Original:
- 1995-06-02
- Subject:
- Oral history
Oral history--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Schools
Law
Meetings
Marches
Protests (Negotiable instruments)
Boycotts
Discrimination in housing
Segregation in education
Busing for school integration
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights workers
Youth
Civil rights
Segregation
Inspiration
Milwaukee Public Schools - People:
- Phillips, Vel, 1924-2018
Maier, Henry W., 1918-1994
Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925-2002
Gregory, Dick - Location:
- United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, 43.0389, -87.90647
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, South Side, 43.01335, -87.94314 - Medium:
- spoken word
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
Text - Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Interview of Eva Ruth Murrell and Peter Murrell, Sr., conducted by Jack Dougherty, June 2, 1995 (at their home, 1302 W Capitol Drive, Milwaukee).
Murrell came to Milwaukee in the 1940's and became active in school issues through their children. They discuss We-Milwaukee, Eva's work with the Parent Teacher Association from 1962-1966, problems with the Milwaukee schools their children attended, busing, the desegregation decisions of 1976 and 1979, and African American immersion schools. - Metadata URL:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/1614
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/iiif/2/march:1614/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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