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. Archbishop William E. Cousins defending Father James E. Groppi, September 13 1967
3. County Supervisor Richard Nowakowski press conference, September 14 1967 (partial)
4. Demonstration against school construction at the site of MacDowell School in Milwaukee on December 8, 1965
5. Father Groppi and the Commandos speaking at the burned out Freedom House, August 30, 1967
6. Father Groppi speaking at the Unitarian Church West, September 20, 1967
7. Father James Groppi press conference following the first open housing march, August 29 1967
8. Interview (partial) with Mayor Henry Maier about the civil disturbance, July 31st 1967
9. Kerner Commission members press conference, August 29 1967 (partial)
10. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at UW-Milwaukee, November 23, 1965
11. Mayor Henry Maier's press conference on the Commission on Community Relations, September 12, 1967
12. Mayor Maier and West Allis Mayor Arnold Klentz speaking to a state legislative committee, September 13 1967
13. Mayor Maier press conference concerning local religious leaders and civil disturbances, August 30 1967 (partial)
14. Mayor Meier press conference discussing the first housing march, August 29, 1967
15. Meeting between Vel Phillips and Police Chief Harold Breier, July 19 1966 (partial)
16. Milwaukee Common Council meeting regarding open housing legislation, September 19, 1967
17. Milwaukee County Supervisor Richard Nowakowski press conference, August 30, 1967
18. Milwaukee Fire Department official discussing the Freedom House fire, August 30 1967
19. Milwaukee high school students discussing the controversy over textbooks and African-American history, February 16, 1968
20. Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC) protests over busing and de facto segregation on June 3rd and 4th 1965
21. News film clip from the special assignment on school boycotts and de facto segregation in Milwaukee, October 18, 1965 (with sound and silent, 1 of 3)
22. News film clip from the special assignment on school boycotts and de facto segregation in Milwaukee, October 18, 1965 (with sound and silent, 2 of 3)
23. News film clip from the special assignment on school boycotts and de facto segregation in Milwaukee, October 18, 1965 (with sound and silent, 3 of 3)
24. News film clip of a fair housing march in Milwaukee, likely September 2, 1967 (with sound and silent)
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