2025 Milwaukee Contest Results - State Qualifiers

Junior

Junior Group Documentary          

No Safe Mine: The Story of the Crandon Mine Controversy -Henry & Emmett

Wayne Wheeler: King of Prohibition- Toma & Peter

The 1936 Denied, Deposed, And Deprived: Jewish Athletes In The 1936 Olympics- Beatrice & Anna

Alternate: Polio- The Foundational Vaccine- Margaret & Alberta

Junior Individual Documentary          

The Longest Bridge in the World: The Fight for Open Housing in Milwaukee - Jack

Killing the Indian: The Truth About the Carlisle Indian Industrial School - Arden

The Salt March: A March Towards Change - Ayan

Alternate: Human guinea pigs: demolishing the medical rights of Nazi prisoners- Lila

Junior Individual Exhibit

The Parents' Music Resource Center: Censorship vs. Artistic Liberty - Emma

The Breaker Boys: The Strikes Against Child Labor - Virgil

"Tulsa's Terrible Tale" - The Tulsa Race Massacre 1921 - Aliyah

Alternate: "The Strike Heard Round the World" The Flint Sit-Down Strike -James

Junior Group Exhibit

The G.I. Bill of Rights America's Responsibility to Support Veterans – Jake & Jude

The Cleveland Summit: Setting the Stage for Activist Athletes – Ewan &

Ralph Lazo: The Voluntary Prisoner – Avi & Edie

Alternate: Impact of the Bilingual Education Act – Citlalli, Kevin & Petrona

Junior Papers

The 1905 Russian Revolution: A Glimpse of the Glory of Rights - Sophie

The Unknown Injustices of WWII: How Multiple Governments Violated Basic Human Rights - Kira

Sacred Waters, Stolen Futures: The Water Crisis In Tribal Lands - Elliott

Alternate: Buying and Selling Hope: The Fair Housing Act of 1968- Tyler

Junior Individual Performance

The Culper Spy Ring: The Most Successful and Enduring Espionage Network of the Revolutionary War – Kate

Imagine Me- Eden

Nancy Harkness Love: Pioneer in Aviation for Women- Nora

Alternate: The Death of Musical Creativity: Music Under Communist Rule- CJ

Junior Group Performance

Bridge War- Odelia, Nadia & Chelsea

Justice For All- Emily, Allexander, Kate & Johan

Man Vs. Iron: The Resistance Against the Tyrannical Minnesota Ranges- Ksenija & Katerina

Alternate: March On Washington – Zeinab, Melissa, Charlotte, Ember & Lyric

Junior Individual Website

When General Grant Expelled the Jews - Nathan

Disease, Displacement, Destruction: The Klondike Gold Rush and Indigenous Peoples - Logan            

The Equal Credit Opportunity Act: Equality is Priceless, for Everything Else, Use a Credit Card - Aneesha

Alternate: Beyond the Battlefield: How Donut Dollies Brought a Touch of Home to the Heart of the Front Lines - Mae

Junior Group Website

The Voting Rights Act of 1965- Sylvia & Eliana

Ali vs America- Mason & Kolton

Hope in a Suitcase- Nika & Mila

Alternate: The Montgomery Bus Boycott- Ada & Hailey

Senior

Senior Group Documentary

Amelia Earhart: Feminist of Flight- Julia & Joesph

Louisa May Alcott's Influence on American life- Madison & Chloe

Love Knows No Color: Loving v. Virginia and the Fight for Equal Marriage- Elliett & Sophie

Alternate: Beyond the Battlefield: Unraveling the Legacy of Gettysburg- Samuel & Bruce

Senior Individual Documentary

The Fruit of Their Labor - How Generations of Workers Finally Became People -Taylor

After-Effects of the 9/11 Attacks - Rishi

The 1967 Milwaukee Open Housing Marches -Elijah

Alternate: The Tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Ved

Senior Group Exhibit

Montgomery Bus Boycott – Macey & Avlynn

The Montgomery Bus Boycott: The Right To Resist, and The Responsibility to Act – Nina, Makayla, Katalina, Myqu & Pa

Japanese Internment: Loss Of Freedom – Lucy, Jayna, Sao, Meliah & Alvin

Alternate: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Rights and Responsibilities - Ella & Brynn

Senior Individual Exhibit

The Crusades - Landon

Endangered Species Act - Humans Taking the Responsibility to Protect Wildlife - Kamya

Women's Struggle for Rights during the French Revolution - Helen

Alternate: How the Events of the Holocaust Effected the Rights and Responsibilities We Have Today -Ava

Senior Paper

Montgomery Bus Boycott- Trinity

Roe v. Wade - American Abortion & Reproductive Rights: Jane Roe, The 7-2 Decision, Details of the Case, Pro-Life and Pro-Choice, The Right to Privacy, and Planned Parenthood- Chase

Love vs. the Law: How Loving v. Virginia Shaped Equal Rights- Gurleen

Alternate: “Upholding Rights, Fulfilling Responsibilities: The American Refugee Committee’s Role in Humanitarian Aid”- Isaac

Senior Group Performance

A Broken Promise: The Servicemens Readjustment Act- Dylan, Thomas & Omar

Senior Individual Performance

"George" A New Musical - Maya

The Historical Impacts of the Women's Suffrage Protests at Lafayette Park - Jackson

Senior Group Website

The Problem That Has No Name – Elizabeth & Lily

The Rise of Anesthesia – Bella & Elliana

19th Amendment- Melanie & Kloee

Alternate: The Affect World War One had on Women's Suffrage and the Ratifying of the 19th Amendment -Brayden & Peyton

Senior Individual Website

Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict - Veena

The Little Rock Nine and Their Proceeding Influence - Alana

All American Girls Baseball Leage: Women’s Rights and Responsibilities - Karina

Alternate: Ida B. Wells and The Women's Suffrage Movement - Aubrey

Special Award Winners

Labor History Award, presented by the Wisconsin Labor History Society:

"The Strike Heard Round the World" The Flint Sit-Down Strike- James

The Tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire- Ved