Oct. 23, 1960 – Democratic presidential nominee Senator John F Kennedy gets a rock star welcome on his only Madison campaign appearance, the third of four stops on a whirlwind day in Wisconsin. He steps out of his twin-engine Corvair to a cheering crowd of several thousand at municipal airport, and steps into an open […]
May, 1967 – The Bus Lane Protest
Madison – May, 1967. The Bus Lane Protest Many campuses have been having demonstrations against the war, the draft, and the CIA. But only Madison has a disruptive protest over a bus lane. In 1960 the city announced a ten-year plan to improve University Avenue from Bassett Street to Old Middleton Road, the first phase […]
The Mifflin Street Block Party Riot, pt 1
Madison in the Sixties:The Mifflin Street Block Party Riots, part 1 April 29, 1969 Madison Police Sgt. Arnie Brager reports that an unknown group is putting up posters of a man in a bandolier calling for “armed love” and to “off the pig,” and announcing a street party that Saturday in the 500 block of […]
