- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Father Groppi and the Commandos speaking at the burned out Freedom House, August 30, 1967
- Creator:
- WTMJ-TV
- Date of Original:
- 1967-08-30
- Subject:
- Civil rights
- Location:
- United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, 43.0389, -87.90647
- Medium:
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Clips of Father Groppi, Prentice McKinney, and the Youth Council speaking to reporters at the burned out Freedom House. During the interview, Father Groppi claims that the police started the fire and affirms the rights of the activists to demonstrate and march. He speaks to the issue of residents of Kilbourntown being forced to leave their homes and the lack of fair housing laws to protect them.
Sound
Grayscale; - Metadata URL:
- http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1697
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright© Journal Broadcast Group. Footage and pictures used with permission of WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee and the Journal Broadcast Group. The footage cannot be printed, broadcast or used as an interactive element or in any future medium, not yet defined, without the direct, written consent of WTMJ-TV and the Journal Broadcast Group.
- Extent:
- 00:06:04
- Original Collection:
- Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Center. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00203
http://uwm.edu/marchonmilwaukee/keyterms/16th-street-bridge-viaduct/
March On Milwaukee - Civil Rights History Project - Contributing Institution:
- Golda Meir Library. Special Collections
- Rights:
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