Madison in the Sixties – August, 1967 The summer of 67 sizzles with what the Equal Opportunities Commission calls “tension-filled incidents with racial overtones.” Black families living around Odana Road […]
Madison, April 1967
Madison in the Sixties – April, 1967 Mayor Otto Festge won his first term in 1965 by eight thousand votes. But crime and taxes are both up, college students are […]
Madison, January 1967
Madison in the Sixties – January, 1967 As 1967 opens, it appears the university’s Old Red Gym will soon be closing and coming down, just as campus planners called […]
Madison Board of Education Approves Additional COVID Sick Leave
In the first year of the pandemic, certain large employers were federally required to provide paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for reasons related to COVID-19. That […]
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 – Race and Classrooms
Madison in the Sixties – race and classrooms On May 4, 1960 Members of the Mayor’s Commission on Human Rights have an inconclusive meeting with Superintendent Philip Falk about why […]
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