- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Vel Phillips Papers, Correspondence-Opposition Mail, March 1967
- Creator:
- Phillips, Vel, 1924-
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Milwaukee Journal
Freedom Schools
City of Milwaukee's Government
Congress of Racial Equality
Milwaukee Conference on Religion and Race
Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Milwaukee United Human Rights Council
Parents' Action Committee for Education
Milwaukee Police
City of Milwaukee Police Department
North Division High School (Milwaukee) - Date of Original:
- 1967-03
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Discrimination in housing--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Race discrimination--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Race relations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Housing--Law and legislation--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Milwaukee (Wis.)--Race relations
African Americans--Civil rights--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Segregation in education--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Milwaukee United School
Church buildings
Law
Marches
Meetings
Protests (Negotiable instruments)
Schools
City council members
Civil rights
Civil rights workers
Civil rights demonstrations
Housing discrimination
Mississippi Freedom Schools
Interracial couples
Discrimination in housing
Religion
Segregation in education
Segregation
Students
Boycotts
North Division High School (Milwaukee, Wis.) - People:
- Jesus Christ
Phillips, Vel, 1924-2018 - Location:
- United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, North Division High School, 43.01342, -87.93044
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
clippings (information artifacts)
correspondence - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A group of letters and clippings sent to mail that oppose her Fair Housing Ordinance. The majority of these items fall under the categories of Hate Mail, Anonymous Letters and racism, what Vel Phillips referred to as "Crank Mail".
- Metadata URL:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/2103
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/iiif/2/march:2103/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 10 pages
- Original Collection:
- Vel Phillips Papers
Vel Phillips Papers, Box 8, Folder 9
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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