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- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Margaret (Peggy) Rozga, August 19, 2008
- Creator:
- Rozga, Margaret
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council
Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
NAACP Youth Council Commandos
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Contributor to Resource:
- Gordon, Michael A.
- Date of Original:
- 2008-08-19
- Subject:
- Oral history--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Oral history
Milwaukee (Wis.)--Race relations
Meetings
Marches
Protests (Negotiable instruments)
Civil rights
Civil rights workers
Civil rights demonstrations
Prejudices
Violence
Voter registration
Clergy
Freedom House (Monroe Youth Action Committee (N.C.))
Identity (Psychology)
Mississippi Freedom Schools
Discrimination in housing
Assassination
Bombings - People:
- Rozga, Margaret
Groppi, James, 1930-1985
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Rosenman, Mark
Aukofer, Frank
Reed, Fred
Gottschalk, Matthew - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Bullock County, 32.10055, -85.7157
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, 15th Street Freedom House
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, 5th Street Freedom House
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, St. Boniface Church, 43.06612, -87.92592 - Medium:
- spoken word
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
Text - Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Oral history interview with Margaret (Peggy) Rozga conducted by Michael Gordon on August 19, 2008 in Milwaukee, as part of the March on Milwaukee Oral History Project.
Rozga was born and grew up on Milwaukee's South Side and became interested in civil rights while attending Alverno College. She discusses her experience registering voters in Alabama in 1965, the NAACP Youth Council's decision-making process and its national reputation, life at the Freedom House, how the Youth Council became involved with open housing, and Father Groppi's motivation. - Metadata URL:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/1668
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/iiif/2/march:1668/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: