- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Father James Groppi press conference following the first open housing march, August 29 1967
- Creator:
- WTMJ-TV
- Date of Original:
- 1967-08-29
- 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:
- News film clips of Father James Groppi the day after the first open housing march across the 16th Street bridge on August 28 1967. The first clip has Groppi describing the event as a "white riot" and asking Mayor Meier to provide better protection for the marchers. The second clip contains footage of Groppi and the Commandos announcing that they would continue to march with or without permission. In the third clip Groppi questions how people who go to church on Sundays can so vehemently react against the marchers.
Sound
Color - Metadata URL:
- http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1758
- 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:
- 3 video files
- Original Collection:
- Milwaukee Journal Stations Records
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00203
http://uwm.edu/marchonmilwaukee/keyterms/16th-street-bridge-viaduct/
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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