- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Margaret (Peggy) Rozga, June 19, 2007
- Creator:
- Rozga, Margaret
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council - Contributor to Resource:
- Gordon, Michael A.
- Date of Original:
- 2007-06-19
- Subject:
- Oral history--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Oral history
Civil rights
Civil rights workers
Civil rights demonstrations
Marches
Discrimination in housing
Prejudices
Segregation
Voter registration - People:
- Rozga, Margaret
Groppi, James, 1930-1985
Mullins, Tim
Phillips, Vel, 1924-2018 - Location:
- United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Kosciuszko Park, 43.00446, -87.92231
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:
- This is a StoryCorps interview with Margaret "Peggy" Rozga. The interview was conducted by Michael Gordon on June 19, 2007, at the Milwaukee Public Library. Copyright StoryCorps. Used with permission.
Rozga was born and grew up on Milwaukee's South Side and became interested in civil rights while attending Alverno College. She recounts her experience registering voters in Alabama during the summer of 1965, meeting and later marrying Father Groppi, the Eagles Club protests of 1966, her experience with the open housing marches, and her role with the NAACP Youth Council. - Metadata URL:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/1659
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/iiif/2/march:1659/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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Oral History Interview with Margaret (Peggy) Rozga, June 19, 2007
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