Search Results for: Civil Rights Activism In Milwaukee

"Discover the challenges faced by civil rights groups in their fight for open housing and better working conditions for Milwaukee's minority community"--

Between 1958 and 1970, a distinctive movement for racial justice emerged from unique circumstances in Milwaukee. A series of local leaders inspired growing numb

In the early 1960s, as members of Milwaukee's growing African American population looked beyond their segregated community for better jobs and housing, they fac

The history of the civil rights movement is commonly illustrated with well-known photographs from Birmingham, Montgomery, and Selma—leaving the visual story o

Civil rights leader and legislator Lloyd A. Barbee frequently signed his correspondence with "Justice for All," a phrase that embodied his life’s work of figh