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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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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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| Civil Rights Advocate and Legislator |
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| Biography of Lloyd A. Barbee, Milwaukee civil rights advocate and legislator. |
| The Civil Right's Leader Shows his Support |
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| Discover the connection Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King had with the 1960s protests in Milwaukee. |
| Read an overview of this pivotal event in the nation's civil rights era |
| Images relating to Daisy Bates, former Arkansas NAACP President |
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| View photographs from the collection of Daisy Bates, an American civil rights activist, publisher and writer. |
| The Natchez Poverty Report |
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| View this gallery of photographs from an unpublished 1960s report on living conditions in the African-American neighborhoods of Natchez, Mississippi. |
| Housing and Racism |
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| Discover the history of the struggle for Civil Rights in Wisconsin |
| Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
| Speakers Bureau |
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| James K. Nelsen is a WHS Press author and a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau. |
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