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, August 1969
Madison in the sixties – August, 1969 When former Secretary of State Dean Rusk arrives at the Memorial Union for a speech to the summer session of the graduate school […]
Madison, February 1965
Madison in the Sixties – February, 1965 As the month begins, an attack on the UW student newspaper the Daily Cardinal by a prominent conservative commentator and powerful state senator […]
Madison in the Sixties – the Mifflin Street Block Party Riot, pa...
Madison in the Sixties – the Mifflin Street Block Party Riot, part 2 Sunday, May 4, 1969 – Late afternoon Tear gas lingers in the soft spring air, rocks and […]
Madison in the Sixties – the Mifflin Block Party Riots, Part 1
Madison in the Sixties: The Mifflin Street Block Party Riots, part 1 On April 29, 1969, an anonymous group calling itself the International Were Wolf Conspiracy posts flyers downtown advertising […]
Madison, April 1969 – Another Pivotal Election
Madison, April 1, 1969. Another pivotal election. In April 1961, the city ended years of liberal leadership by electing a conservative mayor, businessman Henry Reynolds. In 1969, it’s poised to […]
