Madison in the Sixties – December, 1963. Madison makes civil rights history. In 1963, racial discrimination in housing was perfectly legal in Madison, Wisconsin, and very real; only about 27% […]
Black Lives in Madison, August 1963
Madison in the Sixties – August 1963 The Wisconsin State Journal and Capital Times disagree on almost every issue. The State Journal helped to kill the Frank Lloyd Wright Monona […]
NAACP Calls Out UW Health For Ignoring Juneteenth
Today is Juneteenth, but not everybody is observing the day American slaves finally learned they were free. Greg Jones of the Madison NAACP tells us why UW Health should observe […]
Madison, 1962 – Civil Rights
Madison in the sixties: 1962, when the civil rights the movement is a major factor on campus and in city politics. Banning Biased Bequests The year is not yet a […]
The Past Isn’t Past: Robert F. Williams
On this day in 1961, the NAACP branch in Monroe, North Carolina presented a ten point program for racial equality to their city council. Robert F. Williams was the main […]
Madison, February 1962
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 […]