Madison in the Sixties
Madison in the Sixties – The Incident at Breese Stevens Field
August 3, 1968 — The Incident at Breese Stevens Field About four hundred are there for a teen dance; fifty to seventy- five blacks from downtown and the south side, the rest whites from the east and far east. Most everyone came to dance and hang out; some came to make trouble. Some have been drinking. […]
Madison, 1968 – Civil Rights, pt 2
Madison in the Sixties. Civil Rights, 1968 – part 2 It was in 1959 that the fighter then known as Cassius Clay lost the Pan American Games championship at the UW Field House. In 1967, now known as Muhammad Ali he refused induction in the armed forces, was stripped of his title, sentenced to five […]
Madison, 1968 – Civil Rights on campus, part 1
Madison in the Sixties. Civil Rights on Campus, 1968 – part 1. “Wisconsin is a terribly bigoted place,” UW junior Gene Parks says in late April, “and If progress toward racial equality is going to be made, it will have to come within the white communities.” Director of the University YMCA’s Project TEACH, one of […]
Madison, 1965 – Civil Rights
Madison in the Sixties. Civil rights, 1965 In November, two great civil rights leaders come to campus. John Lewis, the 25-year-old national chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, speaks twice on the second — a noon rally on the Union steps, and an evening address in Great Hall. “Racism is embedded in the heart […]
Madison – Civil Rights, 1969
Madison in the Sixties. Civil Rights, 1969 It was in 1966 that the Equal Opportunities Commission proposed that the city someday require all private clubs applying for a liquor license to certify their membership policies “contain no requirements for invidious discrimination,” namely bias based on race, creed, color, national origin or ancestry. The Commission recommended […]
Madison, 1961 – Civil Rights
Madison in the Sixties. 1961 – Civil Rights. Bias is big news again this year, especially on campus. Sometimes it’s accepted; sometimes it’s banned. In April, the Regents follow current informal policy and accept a $100,000 bequest from a Stoughton woman for “worthy and needy Gentile Protestant students” in their junior or senior year. The action […]
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