March on Milwaukee : civil rights history project
Sound recordings, moving images, photographs, and manuscript materials related to the Civil Rights movement in Milwaukee.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1960/1969
Subject
Milwaukee (Wis.)--Race relations
Civil rights movements--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Civil rights workers--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
African Americans--Civil rights--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--History--Sources
Civil rights--History--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--Sources
African Americans-- History--Sources--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Location
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, 43.0389, -87.90647
Medium
sound recordings
photographs
Type
MovingImage
Description
This digital collection presents primary sources from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries and the Wisconsin Historical Society that provide a window onto Milwaukee's civil rights history. During the 1960s, community members waged protests, boycotts, and legislative battles against segregation and discriminatory practices in schools, housing, and social clubs. The efforts of these activists and their opponents are vividly documented in the primary sources found here, including photographs, unedited news film footage, text documents, and oral history interviews. This website also includes educational materials, including a bibliography and timeline, to enhance understanding of the primary sources. The March on Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project seeks to make Milwaukee's place in the national struggle for racial equality more accessible, engaging, and interactive.
Contributing Institution
Wisconsin Historical Society
Golda Meir Library. Special Collections
Search Results
2. 2 Notes on meeting with Lorraine M. Radtke, undated
3. 2 Letter to David Cohen
4. 3 Letter to David Cohen
5. 4 Letter to David Cohen
6. 5 Letter to David Cohen
7. 6 Letter to David Cohen
8. 7 Letter to David Cohen
9. 5-1 MUSIC Board Meeting
10. 1-1 Freedom Certificate, 1966 March 28, side 1
11. 2 Essay contest directives, 1966 March 28
12. 6 Student boycott flier, 1966 March 28
13. 7-1 Directives for teachers, 1966 March 28, page 1
14. 8 Freedom school day schedule, 1966 March 28
15. 7 Parent meeting on boycott and April 5 referendum, 1966 March 26
16. 9 Discussion questions for David Llorens lecture, 1966 March 28
17. 11-1 Lloyd A Barbee letter, page 1
18. 10-1 Lloyd A Barbee letter, page 1
19. 6 Herbert Hill lecture press release, 1966 March 8
20. 31 Sounds of MUSIC, poem
21. 32-1 Fundraising dinner program, 1966 January 29, page 1
22. 9-1 Richard L Aukema letter, page 1
23. 3-1 Freedom School information draft, page 1
24. 8 Letter to Christoper Mohl, 1965 December 10
25. 9-1 Letter to George Roberts
26. 3 MacDowell School Site vigil press release, 1965 December 5
27. 1-1 MUSIC press release, 1965 December 4, page 1
28. 18 Meeting announcement, 1965 December 4
29. 4 Marilyn Morheuser letter, 1965 November 2
30. 8-1 Marilyn Morheuser letter, page 1
31. 18 Boycott flier, 1965 October 21
32. 7-1 Anonymous letter, page 1
33. 17 Freedom School facts and pending boycot
34. 20 Boycott flier for parents and teenagers
35. 7 Freedom School certificate
36. 6 Letter to Angus B. Rothwell, 1965 October 11
37. 16 Milwaukee Star boycott article
38. 7 Letter to Henry Reuss, 1965 September 25
39. 3-1 Letter to Eldred Dede
40. 22 Inferior schools handout, 1965 August 28
41. 8-1 Handwritten notes about March of August 28, 1967, page 1
42. 4-1 Letter to John W. Gardner
43. 7-1 Executive Board of MUSIC letter, page 1
44. 1 Orville Pitts letter, 1965 July 13
45. 2 Orville Pitts letter, 1965 July 13
46. 29 Lloyd A. Barbee bus chain-in letter, 1965 June 2
47. 19-1 Freedom Day parent instructions, side 1
48. 5 Lloyd A Barbee letter, 1965 May 9
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