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| The Society owns one of the nation's richest collections of Civil Rights movement records, including more than 100 manuscript collections on Freedom Summer |
| A Traveling Display |
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| Crossing the Line examines the practices and prejudices that led to segregation in Milwaukee and chronicles the fair housing movement. |
| Brief descriptions and links to original documents created by CORE, SNCC, COFO, local residents, volunteers and opponents. Organized by topic |
| Follow the progression of key events before, during and after Freedom Summer. Contains links to original documents |
| Do you want to see if anyone from your state or community participated in the 1964 Freedom Summer Project? Search over 1,600 names. |
| A comprehensive guide of the most important primary sources for teachers, students and researchers wanting to study Freedom Summer. |
| Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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| Lloyd A. Barbee, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
| Examine the oral history and migration experiences of Rubie Bond, an African-American resident of Beloit featured on Wisconsin Public Television |
| Supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story' |
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| Chapter 11 supplemental materials for the 4th grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story' |
| Sourcebook, PowerPoint Presentation, Video |
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| Help students learn about the civil rights era with resources designed for teaching about Freedom Summer. Access original source documents, images, video |
| Introduce students to Freedom Summer with this overview of key events. Each slide contains images of original documents and notes to help guide discussion |
| from Tools for Teaching the History of Civil Rights in Milwaukee and the Nation (Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2015) |
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| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of African American students participating in a Freedom School class outdoors during Freedom Summer. The class, which was held on Tougaloo College ... |
| Date: | 12 05 1924 |
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| Description: | Ku Klux Klan (KKK) wearing iconic masks and white robes parading down King Street to Schroeder Funeral Home for the funeral of Police officer Herbert Drege... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi (1931-) and social activists at NAACP March, marching east up Wisconsin Avenue. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation" |
| Date: | 05 28 1963 |
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| Description: | Civil rights sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter. Seated at the counter from left to right are by John Salter, Joan Trumpauer, and Anne Moody. People pour ... |
| Date: | 04 30 1961 |
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| Description: | Pictured left to right are James Dombrowski, Carl and Anne Braden, Frank Wilkinson, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta King at a reception in Atlanta, Geo... |
| Date: | 12 05 1947 |
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| Description: | George Weaver, secretary of the national CIO Committee to Abolish Discrimination, appearing at the Wisconsin State CIO convention. |
| Date: | 05 04 1962 |
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| Description: | Student Leadership Conference, May 4-6, including Ella Baker (front row, far left), Carl Braden (second row, hands clasped around knees), Anne Braden (seco... |
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