- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Rev. B.S. Gregg, May 30, 1995
- Creator:
- Gregg, Rev. B.S.
Milwaukee Public Schools
Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Contributor to Resource:
- Dougherty, Jack
- Date of Original:
- 1995-05-30
- Subject:
- Oral history
Oral history--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Meetings
Schools
Law
Church buildings
Protests (Negotiable instruments)
Segregation in education
Prejudices
Segregation
Civil rights workers
Clergy
Busing for school integration
Interracial couples
Youth
Civil rights
Assassination - People:
- Gregory, Dick
Maier, Henry W., 1918-1994
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925-2002
Groppi, James, 1930-1985 - 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 of Rev. B.S. Gregg, conducted by Jack Dougherty, May 30, 1995 (at the Wyndham Hotel, 139 E Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee).
Reverend B.S. Gregg was pastor of St. Matthew CME church for several years, and served as treasurer of Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC) in 1964. Interview topics include his relationship with Mayor Maier, the Freedom Schools and St. Matthew's role in the school boycott in 1964, and his work with Lloyd Barbee on education reform. - Metadata URL:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/1635
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/iiif/2/march:1635/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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