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James Groppi

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Month/Day/Year: June 4, 1965

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a demonstration by MUSIC. A group of men, including Father James Groppi, stand in front of a bus. They are removed by the police. One man lies down in front of the bus and has to be carried away and put into a police van.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #40.

Month/Day/Year: June 5, 1965

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a march to City Hall in support of open housing and school integration. The people walk in the rain and are escorted by the police. A small group with a "Support Your Local Police" sign wait for the marchers. Father James Groppi speaks to the crowd.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #40.

Month/Day/Year: October 19, 1965

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi says he obeyed Archbishop Cousins and did not hold a Freedom School. Groppi and some students stand in front of a church and sing. Lloyd Barbee says they know Groppi is still supporting them. Mayor Henry Maier says it was a mistake to picket John Foley's home.

Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: October 20, 1965

Segment Number: 5

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says acts like picketing John Foley's home make it harder to wipe out bigotry. Father James Groppi says the Freedom Schools have been a tremendous success. Harold Vincent says they will call homes of absent children. Lloyd Barbee blasts Vincent.

Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: December 8, 1965

Segment Number: 2

Segment Description: Daily Footage. People, including James Farmer of CORE, Lloyd Barbee, and Father James Groppi, demonstrate outside the MacDowell School construction site. Farmer and Barbee talk about site selection for new schools.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #42.

Month/Day/Year: December 9, 1965

Segment Number: 5

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Robert Brundy is chained to a fence outside the MacDowell School construction site. Father James Groppi gives him something to eat and drink. Protestors march nearby.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #42.

Month/Day/Year: December 10, 1965

Segment Number: 9

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of protestors, including Father James Groppi, at the MacDowell School construction site. Police officers push protestors back so trucks can get in and out of the construction site.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #42.

Month/Day/Year: December 14, 1965

Segment Number: 2

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of Father James Groppi and other protestors carrying signs that say "stop building segregated schools." The group is protesting outside the MacDowell School construction site.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #42.

Month/Day/Year: December 17, 1965

Segment Number: 2

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a march on 18th Street and Highland near the MacDowell School construction site. The march takes place at night. Demonstrators hold signs saying, "Segregated schools are inferior." Father Groppi speaks to the crowd.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #42.

Month/Day/Year: September 28, 1966

Segment Number: 6

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi and another priest march with the NAACP Youth Council in protest outside of the Eagles Club. Some protestors carry signs that read "NAACP YOUTH COUNCIL BOYCOTT! EAGLES CLUB KILL SEGREGATION."

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound.

Month/Day/Year: October 5, 1966

Segment Number: 8

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage is shown of Father James Groppi sitting with members of the NAACP Youth Council. Father Groppi says he and the Youth Council maintain the police protection in front of the Freedom House has amounted to police harassment. He goes on to cite examples.

Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: October 13, 1966

Segment Number: 8

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Harold Vincent, retiring school superintendent, receives an award at Milwaukee Remembers ceremony at the Eagle's Club. Outside protestors include members of the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council, Assemblyman Lloyd Barbee, and Father Groppi.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound.

Month/Day/Year: October 21, 1966

Segment Number: 1 & 2

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi speaks about the protests at the Eagles Club. He says they feel the next step is up to the Eagles Club and until the supremacy clause is removed, they will feel that they have made no progress. He says they have agreed to everything Professor Feinsinger has suggested, have kept the moratorium and are trying to get to the negotiation table. Their position has not changed.

Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: November 25, 1966

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi pickets with youths outside of the Joseph Brown rental agency.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound.

Month/Day/Year: December 18, 1966

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: Daily Footage. People gather with Father James Groppi for mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church in South Milwaukee. The service is integrated and was prompted by the cancellation of a meeting between white and African American school children.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound.

Month/Day/Year: May 11, 1967

Segment Number: 1, 10, & 12

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi says the purpose of his meeting with Police Chief Harold Breier was to ask Breier why the police were following him and members of the NAACP Youth Council. He says constant observation of the Council is an attempt to intimidate them. Groppi requested Breier's police force stop following the NAACP Youth Council and does not believe the police are following them for their protection. Police Chief Harold Breier comments on the meeting.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape: see videotape #43.

Month/Day/Year: May 18, 1967

Segment Number: 11

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a press conference with the NAACP Youth Council after they, along with Father James Groppi, met with Mayor Henry Maier to request that he remove Police Chief Harold Breier from his position for harassing members of the Youth Council.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: July 11, 1967

Segment Number: 2

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of Father James Groppi in a courtroom with an attorney. He has been charged with resisting arrest and obstructing a police officer outside the Freedom House.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #29.

Month/Day/Year: July 13, 1967

Segment Number: 1, 5, 7, & 9

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of supporters and opponents in Judge Walstead's courtroom for Father James Groppi's trial. Groppi is on trial for resisting arrest and obstructing police during a disturbance on May 5th. Father Groppi holds a press conference after being found not guilty of resisting arrest but guilty of obstructing police. He says the police are being investigated for harassment. Groppi also talks about kids at the Freedom House. Footage of the NAACP Youth Council Freedom House. Groppi talks about the closing of the house on 11th Street. He says the house will remain open as a place for several Commandos to live and that it has never been operated as a place of assembly.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #29.

Month/Day/Year: August 6, 1967

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi leads a march in protest of the shooting of Clifford McKissick. McKissick was shot by police who believed he was involved in firebombing buildings.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #31.

Month/Day/Year: August 7, 1967

Segment Number: 2 & 7

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of protestors and Father James Groppi marching to Clifford McKissick's funeral. Footage of mourners inside the church. Father Groppi speaks in the church. Footage at the cemetery.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #31.

Month/Day/Year: August 13, 1967

Segment Number: 1 & 5

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a fundraising dinner for Father James Groppi. Msgr. John Egan is interviewed and praises Groppi for his work within the urban community. Egan defends Groppi's approach to Milwaukee's civil rights issues. He calls for citizens to meet to address these issues.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #32.

Month/Day/Year: August 29, 1967

Segment Number: 8, 11, 13, & 15

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi speaks about the previous night's "white riot" and how Mayor Henry Maier declined to call out the National Guard in this instance, especially when he had called out the Guard during the disturbance in July. NAACP Youth Commando leader Prentice McKinney says that they will march even though they have been denied permits. He also talks about the white riots and Police Chief Harold Breier. Father Groppi confronts the media about biased coverage of the events. Mayor Maier comments on Father Groppi's marches. He says that Groppi just wants attention and the whites are giving him what he wants by counter demonstrating. Footage of a formal dinner with NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins, Father Groppi, a few Youth Commandos, and others is shown.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #34.

Month/Day/Year: August 30, 1967

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Prentice McKinney press conference. Mayor Henry Maier statement on riots. Father James Groppi at the Freedom House rally.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #34.

Month/Day/Year: August 30, 1967

Segment Number: 1, 2, & 6

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi moves amid crowds of people at the 1st District police station. Footage is shown of the exterior of the building. A light goes on and off in one window. Footage is shown of Father Groppi at the burned out Freedom House. Milwaukee County Supervisor Richard Nowakowski criticizes Groppi's tactics and asks his constituents to stay home if Groppi marches again. Father Groppi and Prentice McKinney of the NAACP move amid the protestors. Groppi says they will not stop marching until they get fair housing.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #34.

Month/Day/Year: August 30, 1967

Segment Description: Special Topic. Groppi/open housing riots I. Ten segments dating from August 30 to September 12. Footage includes Father James Groppi speaking at a rally in church and leading marches. Day and night time marches are shown. People are arrested and the Freedom House is burned. Also footage of Father Groppi and others observing debate in the Common Council chambers.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #25.

Month/Day/Year: August 30, 1967

Segment Description: Special Topic. Groppi/open housing riots II. Two segments: Mayor Henry Maier gives a forceful press conference where he talks about the riots and Milwaukee's image; Father James Groppi gives a fiery speech at St. Boniface before a march.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #25. See sheet inside can for more details.

Month/Day/Year: September 2, 1967

Segment Number: 1, 11, 12, & 15

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi and NAACP Youth Commandos picket and march in front of City Hall. People, including Vel Phillips and Father Groppi, march and gather in a park. Father Groppi speaks to the crowd. Montage of recent marches and rallies includes footage of Father James Groppi, Dick Gregory, and Prentice McKinney.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #34.

Month/Day/Year: September 19, 1967

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: Daily Footage. At a meeting in Elm Grove, Father James Groppi asks people from the suburbs to do everything they can to help get open housing passed in Milwaukee.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #38.

Month/Day/Year: September 20, 1967

Segment Number: 1, 3, 6, 10, & 12

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi speaks at the Unitarian Church West in Brookfield. Groppi reviews why the open housing protest started and what happened during the march/riot. He talks about the 1,000 African American families that will lose their homes when Kilbourntown is torn down. He says he thought the marchers were going to be "murdered in the street" during the second march to the south side. Groppi will not apologize for any damage done until Mayor Henry Maier and the Common Council apologize. He says it is okay for African American students to skip school to protest because they are making history and that school will not help them until African American people have their own identity. Groppi says it is the responsibility of the church and all Christians to ensure others are treated with dignity. He also says that discrimination tells a man that he is less than a man.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #38.

Month/Day/Year: September 24, 1967

Segment Number: 2 & 4

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Rev. David Hunter of the Council of Churches says the national council has passed a resolution supporting the open housing fight in Milwaukee. He is here to find out what more can be done. Hunter also endorses Father Groppi's statements. A large group gathers. Some hold signs including one that reads "We Want More Fair Housing Now." Father James Groppi leads the crowd on a march. The Milwaukee Citizens Civic Voice (MCCV) marches across a bridge. One of their signs reads "MCCV Wants Freedom of Choice."

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #39

Month/Day/Year: October 9, 1967

Segment Number: 6

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father Fenton of the John Birch Society says Father Groppi is working towards a doubtful and dubious objective (open housing) and is using very immoral means to obtain it.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #43.

Month/Day/Year: October 16, 1967

Segment Number: 8 & 9

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Extra. Open Housing. Footage of Father James Groppi and members of the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council in the Common Council chambers. Groppi speaks to the media and compares Common Council members to Pontius Pilate for failing to stop discrimination. Father Hugh Wish says Milwaukeeans are aroused over forced open housing because of an invasion by riotous demonstrators. Alderman Vel Phillips and Alderman Robert Jendusa are also in the footage.

Notes: The film is color. Segment 8 does not have sound. Segment 9 does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: October 31, 1967

Segment Number: 4, 5, & 9

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi says Milwaukee lacks leadership in the white community. He says the NAACP will not consider itself successful until a bill allowing open housing exists. Groppi says the Common Council's lack of action on the open housing bill is a tragedy. He feels he is not losing support, that the Youth Council is as tight as it always was, and they are ready to die for their cause. He says George Sprague should not be in a position of authority due to his record. He also says the NAACP Youth Council has been marching for 70 days to bring open housing to Milwaukee, but no results have come of it.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: December 4, 1967

Segment Number: 6

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of Father James Groppi, Alderman Vel Phillips, and a large crowd at St. Boniface Church. Then footage of people marching at night. It is the hundredth day of marches for open housing legislation in Milwaukee.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.

Month/Day/Year: December 12, 1967

Segment Number: 1 & 11

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi says the Common Council's actions are the best expression of tokenism he has ever seen and that the Council fooling around with black people's God given rights reminds him of Mississippi. (can 1 of 2) Extra. Father Groppi and several Commandos share their feelings about the Common Council's action on open housing and Alderman Robert Anderson's comments. They say they will continue to march and fight for open housing. (can 2 of 2)

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: February 9, 1968

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Groppi trial. A big group of people is seen. Father James Groppi gets into an elevator. Some of his supporters stand across from some police. There seems to be tension. Groppi testified that he did not resist arrest, kick, or curse at police.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #51.

Month/Day/Year: February 12, 1968

Segment Number: 1, 4, & 7

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi holds a press conference to talk about his probation. He says probation will not stop him. He says the NAACP Youth Council can march indefinitely and that tensions in the black community are high. He comments on his being found guilty and sentenced to two years probation with a $500 fine for his arrest last summer. He says he could not win since there was only one black man on the jury and the lawyers, police, and judge were all white. He comments on the fairness of the justice system. Groppi says that he will appeal the case and that the Youth Council is going to continue to demonstrate.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: April 4, 1968

Segment Number: 1 & 2

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of Father James Groppi holding a memorial mass in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with students gathered on the altar. Approximately 1,000 students from North Division High School walked out to attend the memorial service. Footage of a press conference where an unidentified man next to Groppi announces plans for a mass march as a memorial for Martin Luther King on Monday at 10 am. He wants everyone to not go to work or school, but to join the march. He says to not react with violence.

Notes: The film is color. Segment 1 does have sound; segment 2 does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #44.

Month/Day/Year: April 7, 1968

Segment Number: 5

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Extra. Footage of a large crowd of people gathered outside at Garfield Park for a memorial service for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Father James Groppi is seen in the crowd. Groppi was one of the speakers at the memorial.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #44.

Month/Day/Year: April 8, 1968

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of two Greyhound buses driving on streets and people boarding buses. Father James Groppi is seen outside of a bus. The buses are headed to Atlanta for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #44.

Month/Day/Year: April 10, 1968

Segment Number: 2

Segment Description: Daily Footage. People get off of a bus. The bus has just returned from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral in Atlanta on April 9th. Father James Groppi says civil right leaders and political opportunists were present, but impoverished blacks were not prominent.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #44.

Month/Day/Year: April 30, 1968

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Alderman Harold Jankowski says people are getting weary and that he is ready to compromise. They both vote for the open housing bill. The gallery cheers after Alderman Robert Jendusa's vote. Father James Groppi comments.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: May 1, 1968

Segment Number: 1 & 6

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi enters a building with others and speaks to a group inside. Footage of protestors outside with signs. One says, "Name Sewer After Groppi." Inside Father Groppi, members of the NAACP Youth Council, and others gather.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.

Month/Day/Year: May 8, 1968

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the exterior of a church with buses in front. Father James Groppi talks about the Poor People's March on Washington to end poverty. He says they need tension in order to produce their ends. An unidentified woman says she also supports the march.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: May 27, 1968

Segment Number: 1 & 5

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Press conference with Father James Groppi. He says there is a need for food, clothing, and blankets at the Poor People's March in Washington D. C. He wants to send a bus with supplies, but has not been able to raise much money. He mentions Jesse Jackson and Ralph Abernathy. An unidentified member of MCCV says that he thinks the poor deserve to be fed but if tax dollars are spent foolishly, they will inquire about it. Father Groppi says food surpluses are used and should be used. He says that tax dollars are not used.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: August 6, 1968

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi, Joe McClain, and the NAACP Youth Council meet with local Union President, Nick Ballas, regarding hiring practices at the Allen Bradley Company. Ballis says he will schedule meetings at Allen Bradley regarding the inclusion of a non-discriminatory hiring clause in Allen Bradley's contract.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #44.

Month/Day/Year: August 13, 1968

Segment Number: 2

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of Father James Groppi speaking from a podium with African Americans and Latinos behind and to either side of him. A multi-racial, but predominately white, audience applauds. The group is working to get the Allen Bradley Company to hire more minorities.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.

Month/Day/Year: August 14, 1968

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of Father James Groppi and a group of predominately African Americans and white youths marching at night on city sidewalks.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.

Month/Day/Year: August 19, 1968

Segment Number: 2 & 4

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of workers, predominantly African American women, picketing outside the Adelman Dry Cleaners building. Signs on the building read, "Employment Office," and "It's nice work and you can get it - Apply." Father James Groppi is among those picketing. Police officers observe lines of workers picketing. Albert Aldeman speaks to a group of African Americans.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.

Month/Day/Year: August 26, 1968

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a predominately African American picket line outside the Harry Bremer Waste Material Co. building. Signs read, "This means you who thinks you have everything but has nothing," and "If this isn't hell, what it?" Father James Groppi is present.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #51.

Month/Day/Year: September 25, 1968

Segment Number: 2

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of people seated in pews in a church listening to Father James Groppi, then people marching, many making the peace sign. Dick Gregory says the first thing he would do if he were elected president would be to paint the White House black.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: October 1, 1968

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Ron Karenga, a black nationalist leader, says no white person can lead black people. He says they have neither the ability nor the right. He says, "Groppi is just like all the other whites who have some paternalistic impulse to lead and to make history."

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: November 22, 1968

Segment Number: 7

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Oshkosh State University. Footage of police in riot gear at night. A police van with "Winnebago County Auxiliary Police Rescue Squad" on it is seen. Police have helmets and batons. Father James Groppi stands with unidentified men. Students meet outside during the daytime. Footage of the interior of an office.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #41.

Month/Day/Year: January 6, 1969

Segment Number: 7

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi states that he should be replaced by a black priest at St. Boniface. He says African American children need to see African Americans in positions of authority.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: March 25, 1969

Segment Number: 7

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi and Reverend Walter Hoard announce plans for a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial. They will hold a memorial at St. Boniface and then go on a silent march in his honor.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: April 5, 1969

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi and Reverend Walter Hoard speak to the crowds marching in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Father Groppi says, "We must try to exemplify his teachings." Footage of marchers including Alderman Vel Phillips.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: April 22, 1969

Segment Number: 2 & 5

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Demonstrators march in Madison to protest cuts in state funding of the welfare program. The NAACP Youth Council Commandos and Father James Groppi carry a coffin through the streets. Father Groppi also testifies in front of the joint finance committee. Father Groppi drives a car with a coffin tied to the top. Jesus Salas testifies to the joint finance committee about how the cuts will affect migrant workers.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #46.

Month/Day/Year: August 7, 1969

Segment Number: 3, 4, & 6

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Exterior view of the Allen Bradley Company shipping building. Employees exit the building. Father James Groppi says they are demonstrating against the company's racist hiring practices. He says they do have a recruitment program for minorities and that they are going to bring a direct action program starting Monday. He says the labor department will not give him information on the results of a hearing on the topic from last year.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: August 13, 1969

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi and members of the NAACP Youth Council picket the Allen Bradley Company building in protest of unfair hiring practices. Allen Bradley employees force their way through picketers to leave the building.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: August 18, 1969

Segment Number: 3 & 6

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi, Alderman Vel Phillips, Prentice McKinney, and Jesus Salas speak to the press about the Allen Bradley Company conflict. Father Groppi says they have formed a negotiating committee and that all agree that the current agreement is too weak. Vel Phillips speaks sarcastically about the amount of people hired through the Urban League.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #52.

Month/Day/Year: August 21, 1969

Segment Number: 8

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi and members of the NAACP Youth Council get into a physical altercation while picketing the Allen Bradley Company building. The protestors try to prevent employees from entering the building and a fist fight ensues.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.

Month/Day/Year: August 28, 1969

Segment Number: 2 & 4

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi, Prentice McKinney, and one other unidentified man give a press conference about their recent meeting with Allen Bradley Company executives about their hiring practices. Father Groppi says the meeting was not satisfactory. He says they will not terminate direct action unless they get satisfactory results.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: August 30, 1969

Segment Number: 1 & 2

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi and several African Americans picket outside the home of Allen Bradley Company official Arloe W. Paul at 1060 E. Thorne Lane in Fox Point. Father Groppi continues to protest alleged discriminatory hiring practices at the company.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.

Month/Day/Year: September 8, 1969

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi examines the burned out remains of his station wagon. The car was parked in a parking lot at 2110 Vine St. near the home he and others use as a neighborhood center.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.

Month/Day/Year: September 22, 1969

Segment Number: 9

Segment Description: Daily Footage. The Mothers March to Madison begins along a highway. Father James Groppi leads the group, a police car follows behind. Also footage of the house that has been taken over by the Milwaukee Tenants Union for evicted families. An unidentified man expresses his gratefulness.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: September 28, 1969

Segment Number: 2

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Report from the state capitol building where welfare marchers from Milwaukee will arrive to be heard at Governor Warren Knowles' special session on welfare issues. Hundreds of marchers move along a Madison street. Father Groppi speaks to the crowds.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.

Month/Day/Year: September 29, 1969

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Welfare protestors from Milwaukee are joined by University of Wisconsin-Madison students as they approach the capitol building. Inside the building, people lining the stairways are seen from overhead. Father Groppi speaks.

Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.

Month/Day/Year: October 2, 1969

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: Daily Footage. A representative from the ACLU gives a statement on Father James Groppi's recent actions and arrest. He says no one has the right to physically disrupt the judicial process, but neither can anyone deny a citizen's right to a fair trial.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: October 4, 1969

Segment Number: 7

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi leads a welfare rights march to Madison. The crowd takes over the capitol building and one of the chambers. A number of men, including Martin Schreiber, Jr., comments on the takeover. One says tear gas will be used to clear the chamber.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: October 10, 1969

Segment Number: 10

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Assistant U. S. Attorney General Jerris Leonard, in town to speak at a meeting of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Civic Alliance, comments negatively on Father Groppi's recent actions.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #52.

Month/Day/Year: October 16, 1969

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Demonstrators in support of Father James Groppi pound fists into the air and police push back crowds. Father Groppi is led into a room in the courthouse by several men. Judge Ryan Duffy, the man hearing Groppi's case, makes a statement.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: October 18, 1969

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Recently named Bishop Leo Brust, gives a press conference at an Inner City Priest Conference. He discusses Father James Groppi, who is jail. He says he hopes they will let him say mass in prison.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #46.

Month/Day/Year: October 20, 1969

Segment Number: 2

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Members of the St. Boniface Parish hold a press conference to voice support for Father James Groppi. Groppi's secretary Betty Harris says that they are letting people know that they will not let tolerate Groppi being in jail.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #46.

Month/Day/Year: October 27, 1969

Segment Number: 3

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi is interviewed at his release from jail. He says he is very happy to get out and that the first thing he wants to do is get back to St. Boniface to offer mass. He also comments on the prison system which he says is a "living cemetery."

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: November 5, 1969

Segment Number: 6

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father Fenton of the John Birch Society makes a statement against Father James Groppi. Fenton says Groppi doesn't work within the law and that he can't see how Archbishop Cousins can tolerate it.

Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: February 17, 1970

Segment Number: 2, 3, & 10

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi talks to the press. He says if Father Ken Stewart would take over at St. Boniface, he would leave the parish. He doesn’t plan to leave Milwaukee though. He is only concerned with God's measurement of his accomplishments. Groppi says it is important for the black community to have black clergymen, but he isn't preaching black separatism. He says Father Ken Stewart will be criticized by blacks and whites.

Notes: The film is color. Segments 2 does not have sound. Segments 3 and 10 do have sound.

Month/Day/Year: June 2, 1971

Segment Number: 2, 3 & 6

Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi holds a press conference with others. Father James Groppi says they feel that the work in Washington was excellent and that peace will take a large amount of nonviolent civil disobedience. He says he wants to bring more people into the peace movement. Father James Groppi says the main goal of the conference will be to plan further nonviolent civil disobedience through the summer and again in the fall.

Notes: The film is color. Segment 2 does not have sound. Segments 3 and 6 do have sound.

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