- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Vel Phillips Papers, Correspondence - Opposition Mail, March 1967
- Date of Original:
- 1967-09
- Subject:
- Race discrimination--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Race relations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Housing--Law and legislation--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Discrimination in housing--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
City council members
Civil rights demonstrations
Housing discrimination
Discrimination in housing
Prejudices
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Labor unions
Violence
Segregation in education - People:
- Phillips, Vel, 1924-2018
- Location:
- United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, 43.0389, -87.90647
- 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/2360
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/iiif/2/march:2360/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 5 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:
-
Vel Phillips Papers, Correspondence - Opposition Mail, March 1967
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