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Property Record

2576 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 2576 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Charles Ehlers House
Reference Number: 29380
Historical Essay

Desegregation and Civil Rights in Wisconsin

Housing and Racism
Discover the history of the struggle for Civil Rights in Wisconsin
Historical Essay

Civil Rights Movement in Wisconsin

Brief history of the Civil Rights Movement 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
Property Record

1727 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1727 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Mt. Olive English Lutheran Church
Reference Number: 109103
Property Record

1129 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1129 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 109063
Property Record

321 E MEINECKE AVE

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Lloyd Barbee House
Reference Number: 223966
Historical Essay

Father Groppi 'Denial of Absolution' Collage

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Collage featuring likeness of civil rights activist Father James Edmund Groppi by artist Gloria Adair of Milwaukee, 1966. (Museum object #1993.37.1)
Property Record

1303 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1303 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Charles H. Stehling Co.
Reference Number: 109071
Property Record

1300 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1300 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: George C. Mansfield Company
Reference Number: 109065
Property Record

3649 N TEUTONIA AVE

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Church of the Living God
Reference Number: 233511
Property Record

1927 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1927 N 4TH)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 26988
General Information

Crossing the Line: The Milwaukee Fair Housing Marches of 1967-1968

A Traveling Display
Crossing the Line examines the practices and prejudices that led to segregation in Milwaukee and chronicles the fair housing movement.
Property Record

2215 N N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 2215 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Public School # 27
Reference Number: 16748
Property Record

1034 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1034 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Turner Hall
Reference Number: 32151
Property Record

918 Vel R. Phillips AVE (918 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Milwaukee Journal Annex
Reference Number: 41836
Property Record

1702 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1702 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Miss E. Baasen House/German YMCA
Reference Number: 16827
Classroom Material

Civil Rights Movement Lesson Plans

from Tools for Teaching the History of Civil Rights in Milwaukee and the Nation (Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2015)
Historical Essay

Milwaukee, Wisconsin History

History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Black History in Wisconsin

Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources.

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