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Madison in the Sixties

Topical tales of Madison's influential people and critical events from long ago.

Mayoral Race of 1963

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Madison, spring 1963 – the mayor’s race In 1961, Henry Reynolds was elected mayor over liberal mayor Ivan Nestingen’s top aide, his administrative assistant Bob Nuckles. In 1963, Reynolds is challenged by Nestingen’s most significant citizen appointee, — east side attorney and land developer Albert McGinnis, who has chaired the city’s urban renewal agency, the […]

Madison in the Sixties – The Black Studies Strike, Part 4

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Madison, February 27 1969 – an hour of destruction brings the UW Black Studies Strike to a close. Through ten days of campus obstruction and disruption, strikers had been careful to avoid vandalism. And it looked like they had won their major objective, with a committee vote recommending the UW establish a Black Studies Department. […]

Madison in the Sixties – The Black Studies Strike, Part 3

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Fifty years ago this week, the Black Studies Strike reached a turning point.   Saturday, February 15, a petition supporting the university administration “in its refusal to surrender to mob pressure and lawless force, in its determination to continue normal educational activities, in its efforts to deal with problems, including those involving the disadvantaged members of […]

Madison in the Sixties – The Black Studies Strike of 1969, Part ...

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Fifty years ago this week, the Black Studies Strike kicked into high gear, as students blocked UW classrooms in an effort to force the creation of a Black Studies Department. Here’s Part 2 of our report. The week of February 10 starts peacefully with about fifteen hundred picketing, but not obstructing, major classroom buildings. Classes […]

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