Join Bob Israel for the first two parts of a nine-part radio miniseries from the San Francisco Mime Troupe on the Access Hour. The Mime Troupe’s history in Madison dates back to at least October, 1967, when it was also involved in the anti-war movement of the time. The first two episodes of “Tales Of […]
Radio Chipstone: The 1967 Milwaukee Riot
Born in 1951, Matt Mixon and spent his formative years living in Central Milwaukee. As a teen, his family moved to the Northside. Change is hard especially when it comes without warning. But what happens when the demand for change is ignored for too long. During the Long Hot Summer of 1967 African American people […]
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 […]
