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 […]
The UW Black Studies Strike, part 2
Madison in the sixties – the Black Studies Strike, part 2 The Black People’s Alliance started the strike for a Black Studies department on a Friday, giving them all weekend […]
The Black Studies Strike, February 1969 – part one
Madison, February 1969 – The Black Studies Strike, part 1 The most successful UW protest of the decade may have been sparked by a symposium the first week of February, […]
Madison in the Sixties – Women Making History
Madison in the Sixties – Women making history In 1963, it was the city’s first and still only female alder, Ethel Brown, who maneuvered Madison into adopting the first fair […]
Madison in the Sixties – The Black Studies Strike, Part 3
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 […]
Madison in the Sixties – The Black Studies Strike of 1969, Part ...
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. […]
