The Arena of the Unwell

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Fair housing march, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, 1966 (James Groppi, center).

This well-known Milwaukee civil rights movement photograph features young members of the NAACP Youth Council and their advisor, Father James Groppi, proudly carrying the American flag. This march took place in Wauwatosa on August 28, 1966, exactly one year before the explosive open housing demonstrations began. 

via: Wisconsin Historical Images WHi-25167, Wisconsin Historical Society

read more: Erica L. Metcalfe, “Future Political Actors: The Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council’s Early Fight for Identity,” Wisconsin Magazine of History vol. 95, no. 1 (2001) 

This week’s blog is curated by Mark Speltz, who began exploring the photographic record of the Milwaukee’s civil rights movement as a graduate student in public history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In the five years since he has interviewed participants, politicians, and photographers and remains ever hopeful new photographs and stories will come forth. He works as a senior historian at American Girl and lives in Madison. 

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The crowd waiting outside of the Assembly chamber.