Madison in the Sixties
The Draft Deferment Protest of May, 1966 (part 2)
Madison in the sixties. The third week of May, 1966. The deferment sit-in, part 2 Thursday, May 18, the weeklong sit-in at the UW administration building, which at its peak […]
The Anti-Deferment Sit-In of May 1966
Madison in the Sixties. May 16, 1966 – the anti-deferment sit-in. As the war in Viet Nam kept getting worse, the monthly draft call kept getting higher. When it hit […]
The Mifflin Street Block Party Riots, Part 2
Madison in the Sixties – the Mifflin Street Block Party Riots, part 2 Sunday, May 4, 1969 – Late afternoon Tear gas lingers in the soft spring air, rocks and […]
The Mifflin Block Party Riots, part 1
Madison in the Sixties: The Mifflin Street Block Party Riots, part 1 The flyers are posted around downtown on April 29, 1969, a group calling itself the International Were Wolf […]
The Race for Mayor, 1963
Madison in the Sixties – race for mayor, 1963 Conservative businessman Henry Reynolds was elected mayor in 1961 over Bob Nuckels, the top aide to the outgoing liberal mayor Ivan […]
The Black Studies Strike of Feb. 1969, part 3
Madison in the Sixties – the Black Studies Strike of February 1969, part 3. As disruptions from the Black Studies Strike escalate, local law enforcement can’t keep up, so Mayor […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 46
- Next Page »