- Clergy86(100%)
Catholic and Protestant clergy members played significant roles in the Southern and Northern Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. In Milwaukee, several Catholic clergy members were active in the local movement. The first civil rights demonstration that Milwaukee clergy publicly participated in was a picketing demonstration against Alabama Governor George Wallace's presidential campaign visit to Milwaukee. The demonstration was led by Father Matthew Gottschalk, pastor of St. Francis Church. more...
Narrowed results
by keyword
- Arrests and curfews14(17%)
- Black power1(1.2%)
- Busing of school children3(3.7%)
- Civil disturbances29(35.4%)
- Civil rights49(60%)
- Civil rights activists35(43%)
- Connection to the national struggle1(1.2%)
- Counter demonstrations1(1.2%)
- De-segregation3(3.7%)
- Fair housing demonstrations3(3.7%)
- Foes9(11%)
- Freedom House2(2.4%)
- Freedom marches4(5%)
- Freedom march planning and organization2(2.4%)
- Identity1(1.2%)
- Inspiration1(1.2%)
- Interracialism18(22%)
- Marches6(73.2%)
- Men1(1.2%)
- Nuns1(1.2%)
- Open housing4(5%)
- Picketing2(2.4%)
- Picket lines1(1.2%)
- Plaintiffs1(1.2%)
- Police11(13.4%)
- Posters1(1.2%)
- Prejudice11(13.4%)
- Press conferences1(1.2%)
- Religion2(2.4%)
- School segregation9(11%)
- Segregation12(14.6%)
- Street scenes1(1.2%)
- Tear gas1(1.2%)
- Unions1(1.2%)
- Veterans1(1.2%)
- Violence14(17.1%)
- Welfare6(7.3%)
- Women1(1.2%)
- Youth6(7.3%)
by people
- Lloyd A. Barbee3(3.7%)
- Harold A. Breier8(9.8%)
- Bill Cosby1(1.2%)
- Patrick Flood1(1.2%)
- Dick Gregory1(1.2%)
- James Groppi53(64.6%)
- Nathaniel Harwell1(1.2%)
- Martin Luther King Jr.3(3.7%)
- Henry W. Maier37(45%)
- Prentice McKinney2(2.4%)
- Pam O'Halloran1(1.2%)
- Vel Phillips6(7.3%)
- Orville Pitts1(1.2%)
- Margaret Rozga1(1.2%)
- Malcolm X1(1.2%)
by place
- 16th Street Bridge1(1.2%)
- 5th Street Freedom House1(1.2%)
- Eagles Club1(1.2%)
- Inner Core1(1.2%)
- James E. Groppi Unity Bridge2(2.4%)
- Kosciuszko Park3(3.7%)
- South Side5(6.1%)
- State Capital1(1.2%)
- St. Boniface Church7(8.5%)
- >St. Elizabeth Church3(3.7%)
- St. Mathew Church2(2.4%)
- Wauwatosa1(1.2%)
- Wisconsin Avenue1(1.2%)
by organization
- Blackstone Rangers1(1.2%)
- City of Milwaukee Police Department12(14.6%)
- Freedom Schools2(2.4%)
- Milwaukee Police13(16%)
- Milwaukee Public Schools4(5%)
- Milwaukee Public Schools Board1(1.2%)
- Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC)4(5%)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)8(10%)
- NAACP Youth Council7(8.5%)
- NAACP Youth Council Commandos7(8.5%)
- North Division High School1(1.2%)
- State of Wisconsin Government4(5%)
by event
- Assassination of Martin Luther King2(2.4%)
- Black Christmas1(1.2%)
- Freedom House Burning1(1.2%)
- Milwaukee Public School boycott
October 19651(1.2%) - North Division High School boycott
March 28, 19661(1.2%) - Open housing marches5(6.1%)
- Picketing the Eagles Club1(1.2%)
- Protest of welfare cuts1(1.2%)
by genre
- Administrative Reports21(25.6%)
- Interviews6(7.3%)
- Letters27(33%)
- Press Releases9(11%)