Madison in the Sixties
The Anti-Draft Sit-In of 1966, part 1
Madison, third week of May 1966 –the anti-draft sit-in, part 1. As the war in Viet Nam escalates, so too does the monthly draft. When it hits 40,000 in December, 1965, Selective Service director General Lewis B. Hershey warns that “marginal” students — about 10 percent of university freshmen and sophomores — could soon […]
Mifflin Block Party Riot – part 2
Madison in the Sixties – the Mifflin Street Block Party Riot, part 2 Sunday, May 4 Late afternoon Hundreds of kids are hanging out around Mifflin and Bassett streets, hundreds of cops are on their way. Tear gas lingers in the air, rocks strewn through the streets, residue of last night’s riot. Kids still want […]
The Mifflin Street Block Party Riot, pt 1
Madison in the Sixties:The Mifflin Street Block Party Riots, part 1 April 29, 1969 Madison Police Sgt. Arnie Brager reports that an unknown group is putting up posters of a man in a bandolier calling for “armed love” and to “off the pig,” and announcing a street party that Saturday in the 500 block of […]
Madison’s Enduring Institutions of 1969
Madison, 1969 – Enduring Institutions … more less The Mifflin Street Community Cooperative opens January 13 in the former White Front Grocery at 32 N. Bassett St. First-day receipts — $130. Initially, the co-op is run by volunteers; to underscore community ownership, the cash register is periodically turned around for members to ring themselves out. […]
Madison Mayoral Election of 1969
Madison, April 1, 1969. The city elects a conservative mayor. Republican attorney William Dyke, who lost to Mayor Otto Festge by only sixty-four votes in 1967, announces his 1969 campaign on January 4; two days later, Festge announces he’s not running for a third two two-year term – a decision he says he made before […]
Madison Mayoral Election of 1967
Madison, spring 1967 – the Race for Mayor Mayor Otto Festge was elected to his first term in 1965 by eight thousand votes. But election night 1967, he’s ahead by only about thirty votes with just one precinct left to report. That’s what happens when taxes and crime are both up, college students are causing […]
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