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Historical Essay

Martin Luther King and Wisconsin

The Civil Right's Leader Shows his Support
Discover the connection Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King had with the 1960s protests in Milwaukee.
Photograph

Bernice Lindsay with Street Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Bernice Lindsay posing with the street sign named after her. Part of the N. Lindsay Street Dedication ceremony. She is wearing a coat and a hat. Three unid...
Property Record

800 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 800 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 109057
Photograph

Bernice Lindsay Addresses Crowd

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Bernice Lindsay is on a podium. She is wearing a coat and a hat. A man is filming her speech. On the ground is the street sign in her honor. Part of the N ...
General Information

March On, Milwaukee

Educator Resources on the Milwaukee Fair Housing Marches for Grades K-12
Learn about the Society's ongoing partnership with March On, Milwaukee to commemorate the fair housing movement and to promote education on local topics.
Property Record

1417 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1417 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: M. Shapiro Commercial
Reference Number: 109076
Property Record

1616 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1616 N 4TH)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 109087
Property Record

2747 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 2747 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Evangelical Lutheran Golgotha Congregational Memorial
Reference Number: 109226
Photograph

Bernice Lindsay Under Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Bernice Lindsay is standing under a new reflected street name sign in her honor. She is wearing a coat, a hat, and a broach. Beside her is a fire hydrant. ...
Photograph

Race Relations '66

Date: 09 25 1966
Description: Still from an episode of the WTMJ program "Human Rights," which was titled "Race Relations '66." Four people: Wesley L. Scott, executive director of the Mi...
Photograph

Dr. Joseph Carpenter and Family

Date: 1973
Description: Dr. Joseph Carpenter, assistant professor of Afro-American Education & Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is seated with his family. His ...
Property Record

1814-1828 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1814-1828 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Carver Apartments
Reference Number: 109108
Property Record

751 N N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 751 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: BELMONT HOTEL
Reference Number: 68966
Photograph

Martin Schreiber Addressing Crowd

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: President of the Milwaukee Common Council Martin E. Schreiber is at the podium. He is wearing a suit and glasses. On the left is Bernice Lindsay who is wea...
Photograph

Freedom Fund Dinner Committee

Date: 1962
Description: The NAACP Milwaukee Branch's Freedom Fund Dinner Committee. The Freedom Fund Dinner is an annual NAACP fundraising event and awards ceremony for the organi...
Photograph

Walther Supporters

Date: 04 03 1968
Description: Many people are standing or sitting in a room with "Walther for Mayor" signs on the wall. Some are looking at a television in the foreground. Caption reads...
Property Record

1001 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1001 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: BRADLEY CENTER
Reference Number: 41829
Photograph

Milwaukee March

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of a group of people marching in the street with Father James Groppi. There is a man driving a Milwaukee police vehicle in front, and one man...
Historical Essay

Desegregation and Civil Rights in Wisconsin

Housing and Racism
Discover the history of the struggle for Civil Rights in Wisconsin
Property Record

744 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 744 N 4TH ST (AKA 744 VEL PHILLIPS AVE))

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Commerce Building
Reference Number: 109055

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