- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Mayor Meier press conference discussing the first housing march, August 29, 1967
- Creator:
- WTMJ-TV
- Date of Original:
- 1967-08-29
- Subject:
- Segregation in education--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
- People:
- Groppi, James, 1930-1985
- Location:
- United States, Wisconsin, 44.50024, -90.00041
- Medium:
- film (material by form)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- News film clips of Mayor Meier at a press conference discussing the open housing march of August, 28, 1967. In the first clip he states that his office has been told that civil rights leaders in the city have tried unsuccessfully to dissuade Father Groppi from continuing these marches. In the second clip Maier asks citizens to abide by a voluntary curfew. The third clip shows Maier telling citizens to let the marchers demonstrate peacefully so as not to give Father Groppi more publicity.
Sound;
Color; - Metadata URL:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/1755
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 00:03:12
- Original Collection:
- Milwaukee Journal Stations Records
Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Center. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
March On Milwaukee - Civil Rights History Project - Contributing Institution:
- Golda Meir Library. Special Collections
- Rights:
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