Madison in the Sixties. 1961 – Civil Rights. Bias is big news again this year, especially on campus. Sometimes it’s accepted; sometimes it’s banned. In April, the Regents follow current informal policy and accept a $100,000 bequest from a Stoughton woman for “worthy and needy Gentile Protestant students” in their junior or senior year. The action […]
Danielle McGuire, “At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, R...
Madison BookBeat – Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Stu Levitan welcomes Danielle McGuire, author of the ground-breaking and award-winning book, At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance–a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power. Danielle clicks on two […]
Madison, 1967 – Civil Rights
Madison in the Sixties – 1967 – Civil Rights 1967 is the worst year yet for race relations in Madison. The summer sizzles with what the Equal Opportunities Commission calls “tension- filled incidents with racial overtones.” More than a dozen racial conflicts all over town, including “numerous hostile confrontations” resulting in fights between white and […]
Dean Strang, “Keep the Wretches in Order: America’s Biggest Ma...
Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Stu Levitan welcomes Madison attorney and author Dean Strang, whose latest book Keep the Wretches in Order: America’s Biggest Mass Trial, the Rise of the Justice Department and the Fall of the IWW is from our friends at the University of Wisconsin Press, with a new paperback edition […]
Civil Rights in Madison, 1962
Madison in the Sixties. 1962 – Civil Rights. In January, Attorney Lloyd Barbee, president of the state NAACP, releases the draft of a tough human rights ordinance banning bias on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, or national origin. The ordinance would cover housing, employment, and public accommodations, with a maximum fine of […]
John Nichols, “The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: T...
Madison authors, topics, book events & publishers Stu welcomes Madison’s own John Nichols, author of The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace’s Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics, from the fine folks at Verso Press. As to Henry A. Wallace, he was, during the thirties and forties, the highest-ranking American […]
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