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Click on the map below to explore important sites in the Civil Rights Movement in Milwaukee. All text comes with permission from Shirley R. Butler-Derge's Milwaukee 1960s NAACP Youth Council: Tour Guide (South Milwaukee, WI: Nzingha Publishing Company, 2011), pp. 13-14. To purchase a copy of this book, please email butlershirley78@yahoo.com.
Milwaukee's African American History - Google My MapsThe Beginnings of an Audio Tour of Milwaukee:
- Track One:
- tinyurl.com/Marchaudiotourtest1
- Lincoln High School, formerly at the corner of Cass and Knapp
- Juanita Adams discusses interracial dating and student activism at Lincoln High School (1:46 minute clip)
- Full interview located at https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/1564
- Track Two:
- tinyurl.com/Marchaudiotourtest2
- The Eagles Club (now the Rave), 2401 W Wisconsin Avenue
- Mary Arms discusses seeing the KKK at the Eagles Club protests and being cherry bombed at the protests outside of Judge Cannon’s house in Wauwatosa (7:02 minute clip)
- Full interview located at https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/1726/rec/11
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