Madison in the sixties — the second week of June, 1969, when a national magazine fawned over the “boy alderman,” the Empire struck back and an entertainment era ended. The […]
The Mifflin Street Block Party Riots, Part 2
Madison in the Sixties – the Mifflin Street Block Party Riots, part 2 Sunday, May 4, 1969 – Late afternoon Tear gas lingers in the soft spring air, rocks and […]
The Mifflin Block Party Riots, part 1
Madison in the Sixties: The Mifflin Street Block Party Riots, part 1 The flyers are posted around downtown on April 29, 1969, a group calling itself the International Were Wolf […]
Madison, November 1965
Madison in the Sixties –November, 1965 The country’s two most important civil rights leaders visit the UW campus this month. On the second, John Lewis, the 25-year-old national chairman of […]
Gloria Reyes Announces Candidacy for Madison Mayor
The race for Mayor of Madison is on – and today, community leader Gloria Reyes threw her hat in the ring. “The people of Madison are unhappy about the current […]
Madison, Oct. 27, 1966 – Sen. Edward Kennedy Gets Heckled
Madison in the Sixties: October 27, 1966 –Sen. Edward M. Kennedy gets heckled As the 1966-67 school year opened, the Committee to End the War in Vietnam (CEWV) declared it […]
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