Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
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Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
Temperance Lecturer, Abolitionist and Newspaper Editor |
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Biography of temperance lecturer, abolitionist and newspaper editor Sherman Miller Booth. |
Runaway Slave |
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Biography of Joshua Glover, a former slave from St. Louis, Missouri who sought asylum in Racine, Wisconsin in 1852. |
Black Voting Rights Activist |
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Biography of Ezekiel Gillespie who was active in Milwaukee's small Black community, especially on voting rights issues. |
Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
Civil Rights Law |
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Learn about the Milwaukee based lawyer who won two of Wisconsin's most important civil rights cases and was on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. |
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