Visit our other Wisconsin Historical Society websites!
Online access to Wisconsin's heritage in sound |
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Listen to stories and sounds of Wisconsin's past, including oral histories, radio programs, advertising, political speeches, and more. |
Online Collection Tour |
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Take an illustrated tour of the Wisconsin Historical Society's quilt collection, organized by context, date, pattern/motif, and technique. |
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. |
A Traveling Display |
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Risking Everything tells the story the 1964 Freedom Summer project, when activists went to Mississippi to challenge segregation. |
Speakers Bureau |
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Jeff Kannel is a WHS Press author and a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau. |
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. |
For Immediate Release |
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The Wisconsin Historical Society will be hosting free events open to the public during the month of February to celebrate Black History Month. |
Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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Ephraim Williams, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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Ezekiel Gillespie, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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Allie Crumble, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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Mandela Barnes, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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Earlene Fuller, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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Carson Gulley, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object Feature Story |
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These two beer cans are emblematic of a particular moment in Wisconsin and United States social and brewing history. |
Wisconsin History Maker Award |
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Read about Allen's dedication to the small family farmer and sustainable food systems for communities worldwide. |
Wisconsin History Maker Award |
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Read about the woman from Milwaukee's South Side who became Wisconsin's first African American secretary of state. |
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