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Madison in the Sixties

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

Civil Rights in Madison, 1962

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  Madison in the Sixties. 1962 – Civil Rights.  In January, Attorney Lloyd Barbee, president of the state NAACP, releases the draft of a tough human rights ordinance banning bias on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, or national origin. The ordinance would cover housing, employment, and public accommodations, with a maximum fine of […]

Civil Rights in Madison, 1966

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Madison in the Sixties – Civil Rights, 1966 May 14—The Newspaper Guild of Madison names Reverend James C. Wright, chair of the city Equal Opportunity Commission and assistant minister at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, its Citizen of the Year.[i] Exactly two weeks later, the Madison Board of Realtors, which campaigned against the city’s fair housing […]

Madison, summer of ’68 – Riot Gear and Mace

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Madison in the Sixties. The summer of 68 – attempts to defund the police and take away their Mace. In the months following the anti-Dow protest in October, 1967, there were no large-scale demonstrations for the rest of the school year. But when police informants report in early summer that 68-69 would bring an upsurge […]

Madison War Dead, 1965-1967

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Madison in the sixties. Our Vietnam casualties. Part one.  1965     Marine staff sergeant Roscoe Ammerman, thirty- seven, becomes the first  Madison casualty when he is killed in action in Quang Nam province on October 3. Ammerman joined the Marines at seventeen in August 1945, after dropping dropped out of Central High School following his junior […]

Madison, the fourth week of May 1962

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Madison in the Sixties – the fourth week of May, 1962 The United Community Chest will likely soon stop paying the membership dues at the Madison Club for its executive director’s due to concerns about alleged discrimination in the exclusive private club’s membership practices. The club, where Madison’s business, legal and social elite entertain and […]

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