Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Hand-drawn and colored maps of Wisconsin showing how each county voted in the gubernatorial race of 1865, and on a referendum regarding suffrage for Africa... |
Date: | 03 1849 |
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Description: | Section 2 of Assembly Bill 122 for the year 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote.... |
Date: | 03 1849 |
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Description: | Section 1 of Assembly Bill 122 for the year 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote.... |
Date: | 03 1849 |
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Description: | Exterior of Wisconsin Assembly Bill 122 of 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote. ... |
Wisconsin Citizen Petition Exhibit |
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Too Progressive for Wisconsin |
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Discover why Wisconsin's 1846 was re-written and passed in 1848 |
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. |
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. |
Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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Ezekiel Gillespie, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
Learn about the 7th Wisconsin Historical Society director who developed civil rights documentation, local history preservation and Old World Wisconsin. |
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