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Oral History Interview with Shirley Butler, July 17, 2007

Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Title:: Oral History Interview with Shirley Butler, July 17, 2007
Creator:: Butler, Shirley
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council
City of Milwaukee Police Department
NAACP Youth Council Commandos
Contributor to Resource:: Wynn, Amanda
Date of Original:: 2007-07-17
Subject:: Milwaukee (Wis.)--Race relations
African Americans--Civil rights--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Discrimination in housing--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Church buildings
Marches
Meetings
Protests (Negotiable instruments)
Prejudices
Discrimination in housing
Curfews
Civil rights demonstrations
Nonviolence
Violence
Blackface
Christmas
People:: Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925-2002
Groppi, James, 1930-1985
McGee, Lee
Lee, Tommy
Friend, Lawrence
Arms, Mary
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
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, St. Boniface Church, 43.06612, -87.92592
Medium:: spoken word
oral histories (literary works)
Type:: Sound
Format:: audio/mpeg
Description:: Interview with Shirley Butler conducted by Amanda Wynne on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the March on Milwaukee Oral History Project.
Butler, a native of Milwaukee, attended St. Boniface School and Pius High School. She discusses discrimination as a child and student in Milwaukee, the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council, the Commandos and Commando-ettes, and joining Father Groppi in the Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.C.
Metadata URL:: https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/1744
Language:: eng
Extent:: 2:00:08
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
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