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- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Reuben Harpole Jr., June 6, 1995
- Creator:
- Harpole, Reuben, Jr.
Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Milwaukee Public Schools - Contributor to Resource:
- Dougherty, Jack
- Date of Original:
- 1995-06-06
- Subject:
- Oral history
Oral history--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Schools
Marches
Youth
Segregation
Segregation in education
Teachers
Civil rights
Prejudices
Interracial couples
Civil rights demonstrations - People:
- Groppi, James, 1930-1985
Phillips, Vel, 1924-2018
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Gregory, Dick
Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925-2002
Carter, Richard
Phillips, Dale - Location:
- United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, St. Elizabeth Church, 43.07501, -87.91231
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, St. Mathew Church - Medium:
- spoken word
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
Text - Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Interview of Reuben Harpole Jr., conducted byJack Dougherty, June 6, 1995 (at his office, University of Wisconsin Extension, Division of Outreach and Community Education, 929 N. 6th Street, Milwaukee).
Reuben Harpole Jr, helped develop many Milwaukee institutions such as the Black Holocaust Museum, UWM's Center for Urban Community Development and the Harambee Community Development Corporation. His interview topics include a personal account of white flight in the Harambee neighborhood, boycotts of Boston Store and Gimbles, Milwaukee Star's role in disseminating information to the African American community, Concerned Citizens for Quality Education, and key community leaders in the fight for equality in education. - Metadata URL:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/1632
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/iiif/2/march:1632/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: