Madison in the Sixties – February, 1962 With no progress coming on state or federal efforts for a strong civil rights bill, Attorney Lloyd Barbee, the former president of the […]
Madison, September 1961
Madison, September, 1961 In mid- September, urban renewal of the Greenbush goes into high gear as the the Madison Redevelopment Authority approves a land acquisition policy of paying the higher […]
Madison in the Sixties – the first week of June, 1961
Madison in the Sixties – the first week of June, 1961 Two months after businessman Henry Reynolds was elected mayor on a platform of killing the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Monona […]
Desire Lines: Housing Discrimination and Hidden Cameras (Part Two: Arc...
Sometimes, a historical artifact will emerge that makes us question our past and our present. In this case, it’s a black and white video from 1962 made with hidden cameras. […]
Desire Lines: Housing Discrimination and Hidden Cameras #1–Stati...
In 1962, a film was made to document housing discrimination in Madison. But just as the film was completed, UW suppressed it. The film was buried in the university archives […]
The Film UW Suppressed
“Sifting and Winnowing and Film Burning: The Film UW Restricted” will be presented this Sunday, April 18 at 6 p.m. on PBS Wisconsin, presented by PBS Wisconsin and the UW […]