September 7, 1967

"Father Groppi believed that the open housing demonstrations in Milwaukee provided a constructive pattern for the NAACP Youth Council members and Commandoes to express their grievances in a way that minimized random violence. On only one occasion did an open housing demonstration involve damage done by Youth Council members; this was in the mayor's office September 7, 1967." 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. 37

"On the afternoon of the 7th, seventy-five NAACP Youth Council protesters, including Prentice McKinney, occupied and vandalized the Mayor's office. Mayor Maier refused to meet with the demonstrators, and the press vividly documented the protesters' destruction of public property. James C. Newcomb, Mayor Maier's chief administrative officer, made a statement following the destructive sit-in, in which he stated that the demonstrators' actions were counterproductive. The damages to the Mayor's office were thought to exceed $3,000, and led to the censure of the YC in the local and national press." (March on Milwaukee timeline, UW-Milwaukee Archives, Timeline, https://uwm.edu/marchonmilwaukee/timeline/

Milwaukee Courier, September 16, 1967. Milwaukee Public Library Microfilm Collection, Microfilmed by the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Milwaukee Star, September 9, 1967. Milwaukee Public Library Microfilm Collection, Microfilmed by the Wisconsin Historical Society.