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, Feb. 27, 1960 – Civil Rights comes to the Capitol Squar...
Madison, February 27, 1960 – the civil rights movement moves to the Capitol Square The sit-ins challenging segregation at the lunch counters of national chain stores in the deep South […]
Madison in the Sixties – February 1969, the Black Studies Strike...
Madison in the sixties – the second week of February, 1969 – the Black Studies Strike. Sparked by the UW conference entitled The Black Revolution: To What Ends, the burgeoning […]
Madison, December 1963 – Madison Makes Civil Rights History
Madison in the Sixties – December, 1963 – Shirley Abrahamson helps Madison make civil rights history. In 1963, racial discrimination in housing was perfectly legal in Wisconsin, and very real; […]
Madison in the Sixties – The Death of Dr. King
Madison in the Sixties. Civil Rights, 1968 – The Death of Dr. King Friday, April 5 As they did in November, 1963, thousands gather to grieve atop Bascom Hill. But […]
Madison in the Sixties – The Incident at Breese Stevens Field, p...
It was in early August that The Incident at Breese Stevens Field – a night of fights at a teen dance ending in the arrest of blacks but no whites […]