April 4, 1968

"Then, on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was shot and killed. Outraged black communities erupted in violence. In Milwaukee, the Youth Council Commandoes and Father Groppi decided to respond to King's death in a way that honored the nonviolent philosophy of Dr. King. They organized a march through downtown Milwaukee to a rally on the north side. Over 15,000 people joined in that march, the largest in the city's history and one of the nation's largest memorial demonstrations for Martin Luther King." From Margaret Rozga's "March on Milwaukee," Wisconsin Magazine of History, Volume 90, Number 4, Summer 2007, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/wmh/id/49374/show/49343/rec/6 , p. 38, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3jpo1EevkLbWE05SFNiNmVpaGM/view