Browse enables you to explore the March on Milwaukee digital collection if you are unsure of what to look for or how to formulate your search terms. Browse categories represent the main topics spanning the coverage of the digital collection.Under each Browse category, you will find a list of important hyperlinks that will generate a list of results associated with the topic you select. These lists are in alphabetical order. For example, you may wish to learn more about various civil disturbances. Under Events, you may click on the link for Civil Disturbance of July 30, 1967. This link will generate a new page with five results associated with the event.
Events
Below is a list of links to important events associated with the March on Milwaukee.
- 200 night demonstrations
- Civil disturbance of July 30, 1967
- Civil disturbance of July 31, 1967
- Freedom Day School, May 18, 1964
- Freedom House burning
- March of August 28, 1967
- March of August 29, 1967
- March of March 13, 1965 to protest police action in Selma, Alabama
- Milwaukee Public School boycott, October 1965
- North Division High School boycott, March 28, 1966
- Open housing marches
- Picketing the Eagles Club
- Protest of welfare cuts
- Shooting of Clifford McKissick
People
Below is a list of people associated with the March on Milwaukee.
- Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925-2002
- Breier, Harold A.
- Dunlap, John A., 1908-1971
- Farmer, James, 1920-1999
- Gregg, Rev. B.S.
- Gregory, Dick
- Groppi, James, 1930-1985
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Knowles, Warren P.
- Maier, Henry W.
- McKinney, Prentice
- McKissick, Clifford, 1949-1967
- McLeod, Richard
- Moher, James R.
- Morheuser, Marilyn
- Phillips, Vel
- Pitts, Orville
- Rozga, Margaret
- Story, Harold W.
- Vincent, Harold
Places
Below is a list of places associated with the March on Milwaukee.
- 5th Street Freedom House–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- 15th Street Freedom House–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- 16th Street Bridge–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Fox Point Gardens–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Inner Core–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Kosciuszko Park–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Milwaukee County Courthouse–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- North 12th and West Lloyd Streets–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- South Side–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- St. Boniface Church–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- St. Mathew Church–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Walnut and 3rd Streets–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Organizations
Below is a list of organizations associated with the March on Milwaukee.
- City of Milwaukee Police Department
- City of Milwaukee’s Government
- Congress of Racial Equality
- Freedom Schools
- Milwaukee Common Council
- Milwaukee Conference on Religion and Race
- Milwaukee Public Schools
- Milwaukee Public Schools Board
- Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
- NAACP Youth Council Commandos
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council
- National Guard
- North Division High School (Milwaukee)
- State of Wisconsin Government
Subjects
Below is a list of Subjects associated with the March on Milwaukee.
- African Americans–Civil rights–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Arrests and curfews
- Black power
- Busing of school children
- Civil disturbances
- Civil rights
- Civil rights activists
- Civil rights demonstrations–Wisconsin–Milwaukees
- Clergy
- Connection to the national struggle
- Counter demonstrations
- De-segregation
- Demonstrations–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Discrimination in housing–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Fair housing demonstrations
- Fair housing ordinance
- Flags
- Freedom House
- Freedom march planning and organization
- Freedom marches
- Freedom Schools
- Friends
- Housing–Law and legislation–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Inspiration
- Interracialism
- Marches
- Miilwaukee (Wis.)–Race relations
- Network supporters
- News Agencies
- Non-violence
- Official policy/response
- Open housing
- Picketing
- Police
- Posters
- Prejudice
- Press conferences
- Protest of school construction
- Race discrimination–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Race relations–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Race riots–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- School segregation
- Segregation
- Segregation in education–Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Street scenes
- Students
- Teachers
- Violence
- Welfare
- White power
- Whiteness
- Youth
Media Types
Below is a list of Media Types associated with the March on Milwaukee.
Newspapers
Below is a list of Newspapers associated with the March on Milwaukee.
- Kaleidoscope (1967-1971)
- Milwaukee Defender (1957-1958)
- Milwaukee Star (1967-1977)
- Soul City Times (1968-1971)
Collections A-Z
Collections A-Z provides information about the collections where all items in March on Milwaukee originated. This page describes aspects of both physical and digital collections.