Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Three NAACP Youth Council Commandos kneel arm in arm around several documents related to George Wallace's run for the office of President of the United States.
Silent footage of members of Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC) protesting busing and de facto segregation. The location is most likely Keefe Avenue Elementary School. Women are forcibly removed by police into a police van.
Segregation in education--Wisconsin--Milwaukee; Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee;
Silent footage of members of Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC) protesting busing and de facto segregation. The location is most likely Keefe Avenue Elementary School. Clergy, including Father Groppi, and nuns can be seen. Men...
Segregation in education--Wisconsin--Milwaukee; Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee;
Footage of Father Groppi at the Unitarian Church West in Brookfield. He shares his perspective on the struggle for open housing legislation and open housing marches in Milwaukee. He places the conflict in the context of local black people's needs...
Discrimination in housing--Wisconsin--Milwaukee; African Americans--Civil rights--Wisconsin--Milwaukee; Housing--Law and legislation--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Footage of Father Groppi at the Unitarian Church West in Brookfield. He speaks about his participation in demonstrations in the South, and among other things, the effect of the local civil rights movement on identity of black youth.
Short clip of Father Groppi and the Commandos affirming their right to protest, and saying that they "follow the most radical civil rights leader there is, Jesus Christ," and that they are willing to die.
Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee;
Footage shows a meeting of high school students on the issue of textbooks and race. An unidentified senior from Riverside High School says students are frustrated with waiting for adequate textbooks and claims that suspensions due to student...
