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Finding Aid of the Milwaukee Journal Stations Records > Subject Guide
Civil Rights—General
1960 | 1963 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968
Month/Day/Year: March 24, 1960
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Senator Hubert Humphrey
campaigns for president in Wisconsin. He visits with several veterans
at the Vet's Hospital in Wood and speaks to members of the Antioch Baptist
Church about the civil rights movement. See script for names.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #68.
Month/Day/Year: August 28, 1963
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Elner McCreaty, a member
of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), is interviewed during a sit-in at the county courthouse. She talks
about starting a CORE group in Milwaukee, comments made by Fred Lins, and
the state of racial equality in Milwaukee.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #68.
Month/Day/Year: September 4, 1963
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Wesley Scott, director of
the Milwaukee Urban League, talks about the increasing role of the Congress
of Racial Equality (CORE) in Milwaukee and the new leadership in the Civil
Rights movement.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #68.
Month/Day/Year: October 13, 1965
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier talks to an unidentified group. He
states that 98% of African Americans in Milwaukee are segregated in the central city. He challenges
the group to make discrimination so unpopular that those who practice it will be ostracized.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape;
see videotape #26.
Month/Day/Year: November 1, 1965
Segment Number: 3 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. John Lewis of The Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) talks about the continuing racial strife in the deep South. He says the South
is still a place of terror and violence. Lewis also says The Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) and other Civil Rights organizations are not supported by or influenced by the
Communist Party. Lewis is in Milwaukee for a fundraiser and speech at
UW-Milwaukee.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound. The film has been transferred
to videotape; see videotape #26.
Month/Day/Year: November 2, 1965
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. John Lewis of The Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) refutes the charge that SNCC has ever received money from Communist China. He
says the charge is ridiculous. Lewis says SNCC will continue to concentrate its efforts in the
deep South.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound. The film has been transferred
to videotape; see videotape #26.
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Month/Day/Year: November 23, 1965
Segment Number: 1, 2, 6, & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks to a sold out
crowd at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. During a press conference, he says people get too
bogged down in studies and analysis which leads to inaction. He comments on a number of issues
including de facto segregation in Milwaukee's schools, economic deprivation, and legislation for
fair employment. He says all people must work together to solve problems. King also says if a
city does not fix the economic and political reasons that negatively affect African Americans, it
has the potential of unrest and comments on the legislation he hopes Congress will pass in the
next session.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound. Segment 7 is silent. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #42.
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Month/Day/Year: December 7, 1965
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. James Farmer of the Congress of Racial
Equality (CORE) defines the basic beliefs of CORE during a news conference. He states that
"CORE believes in the right of protest."
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: March 14, 1966
Segment Number: 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mr. Alinsky says that organized labor has been
dormant in the Civil Rights movement and that churches have taken its place. He says that as
long as people are being pushed aside they will have to organize in order to work their way up.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: August 3, 1967
Segment Number: 6 & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. The Greater Milwaukee Conference on Religion and
Race is held. A group of clergymen is seeking a meeting with Mayor Henry Maier to discuss the
problems in the inner city. One priest says that any planning will have to involve Mayor Maier.
Reverend Beauchamp sees the conference as a vehicle City Hall can use to work with the citizens of
Milwaukee.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to
videotape; see videotape #31.
- Month/Day/Year: January 9, 1968
- Segment Number: 2
- Segment Description: Daily Footage. Whitney Young, director of the National Urban
League, speaks in Fox Point to 150 businessmen about the need to grow, accept, and embrace equal
opportunity with the job and housing markets. He does not believe in a separate black state.
- Notes: The film is color and does have sound. This film is in can 2 of 2 for January
9, 1968.
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