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Civil Rights—Schools
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Month/Day/Year: January 21, 1964
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. School Board member Harold Story
agrees with the suggestion that the neighborhood school system is functioning
normally and is leading to integration. He disputes the claims that black
and white students are not being transferred equally.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 22, 1964
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Harold Story, chair of
the Milwaukee School Board's Special Committee on Equality of Educational
Opportunity, addressed charges of segregation in city schools at a
meeting.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #66.
Month/Day/Year: May 18, 1964
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Footage of Milwaukee
students listening to David Luce and Sumner Kernan lecturing in Freedom
Schools set up to accommodate pupils taking part in the Civil Rights boycott
of central city schools.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
Month/Day/Year: May 28, 1965
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of members of the
Milwaukee United Integration School Committee (MUSIC) picketing outside a
school. They are protesting the bussing of students. Six women and one man
sit down in front of a bus and refuse to get up. They are 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 1, 1965
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of members of MUSIC
picketing outside John Audubon Middle School. They are protesting
overcrowded classrooms. Outside Henry Palmer School, members of MUSIC
protest the bussing of students.
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 2, 1965
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Members of MUSIC picket outside
Keefe School. Police stand nearby and watch. Children get on a bus.
The group is protesting the bussing of students.
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 3, 1965
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. More footage of members of MUSIC
picketing in front of a school. A number of people sit in front of a bus
and are picked up and removed by police officers.
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 4, 1965
Segment Number: 1 & 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. More 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. A number of
nuns are among the protestors. Men stand in front of a bus. One of
them falls to the ground and has to be carried away by the police.
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 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: June 10, 1965
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of members of MUSIC
picketing outside a school. A school bus unloads children down the street
from where the protestors are; the protestors then move their pickets.
Several men and police officers stand between the protestors and the kids.
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 14, 1965
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part 1 of a 3-part
series. Robert
Osbourne reports on the integration of Milwaukee Public Schools. Frequent
demonstrations against bussing have occurred as have singing, chain-ins,
lie-ins and arrests.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
Month/Day/Year: June 15, 1965
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part 2 of a 3-part series. The
controversy over Milwaukee Public Schools and de facto segregation has left many
wondering what school policy is and what is going on. Students are shown at
lunch and at recess.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: June 16, 1965
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part 3 of a 3-part
series. School
Superintendent Harold Vincent talks about the integration of Milwaukee
Schools. Vincent and the administration hope students will mingle at recess
and lunch; this has not happened as of yet.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
Month/Day/Year: June 16, 1965
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of members of MUSIC
protesting outside a school against the bussing of students. Protestors
surround a bus so it cannot move. Police arrive and arrest people.
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: July 9, 1965
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. John Foley says the lawsuit
aims to withhold funds the school board uses primarily in "the culturally
deprived areas" of the city. Lloyd Barbee says the school board is
segregating and discriminating in a manner contrary to the law.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound. The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #40.
Month/Day/Year: September 27, 1965
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Elizabeth Holmes of the Milwaukee School Board
states the committee she is on believes an open hearing should be held to discuss the issue of
intact bussing. She says that no other major city still uses intact bussing.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound. The film has been
transferred to videotape; see videotape #26.
Month/Day/Year: October 8, 1965
Segment Number: 1, 2, & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. John Foley, Mr. Beckwith, Vel
Phillips, and Mayor Henry Maier comment on the proposed study that would
hopefully help prevent the planned boycott of the schools. Lloyd Barbee says
he and his group will evaluate the proposed study and make recommendations.
He wants the study to focus on the "real" problem in the schools and develop solid policy to
address the problem. Mr. Beckwith states that everyone in Milwaukee wants to provide the best education
possible for all students. He wants people to focus on studying the school's strengths and weaknesses
rather than fighting with each other.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound. The film has been transferred to
videotape; see videotape #26.
Month/Day/Year: October 8, 1965
Segment Number: 4 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. District Attorney Hugh O'Connell
says instruction outside of school must be approved by the state school
superintendent. The Freedom Schools have not been approved and attendance
at a Freedom School will be considered not compliant with the law.
O'Connell intends to enforce the laws of the state. He suggests that if
people have a problem with a particular law, they should take the matter to
court and not resort to civil disobedience.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 13, 1965
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Harold Story and Frederick Mett of the Milwaukee
School Board of Directors comment on the proposal put forth by the group We Milwaukee concerning
Milwaukee Public Schools.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound. The film has been transferred to
videotape; see videotape #26.
Month/Day/Year: October 14, 1965
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. School Board member Dr. Cornelius Golightly asks fellow
School Board member Harold Story and his committee to set meeting times to discuss other issues.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound. The film has been transferred to
videotape; see videotape #26.
Month/Day/Year: October 14, 1965
Segment Number: 3 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father Goebel, the Superintendent of Schools for
the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, announces that parochial schools cannot participate in the school
boycotts or Freedom Schools and must follow the approved curriculum. He also states that it is
illegal for parents to keep their children out of school and for parishes to close schools so that
students can participate in the boycotts and Freedom Schools.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound. The film has been transferred to
videotape; see videotape #26.
Month/Day/Year: October 17, 1965
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father Matthew talks about the school boycott. He says
his church will not host a Freedom School, as it had planned, due to a direct order from the archbishop.
He also states he disagrees with the archbishop's order but will follow it.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound. The film has been transferred to
videotape; see videotape #26.
Month/Day/Year: October 18, 1965
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Dennis Savage
speaks at a Freedom School. Thirty-five Freedom Schools have been set up by the Milwaukee United
School Integration Committee (MUSIC) to teach African American children who
are boycotting the Milwaukee Public Schools.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
Month/Day/Year: October 19, 1965
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Father James Groppi says his
group
obeyed Archbishop Cousins and did not hold a Freedom School. Groppi and
some students stand in front of church and sing. Lloyd Barbee says they
know Groppi is still supporting them. Mayor Henry Maier says it was a
mistake for people to picket School Board President John Foley's home.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 20, 1965
Segment Number: 5 & 6
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.
School Superintendent Harold Vincent says the school district will call homes of children who
are absent from school. Lloyd Barbee sharply criticizes Vincent.
People wait to get on a bus. Footage of people picketing in front of
School Board President John Foley's home.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 21, 1965
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Lloyd Barbee speaks to a
large crowd at a church. He says education is fundamental for people
to get jobs and to become part of the "mainstream." Barbee says bigots
know this and that is why they don't intend to change the system.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 21, 1965
Segment Number: 3 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An unidentified woman reads a
statement from Lloyd Barbee and MUSIC. The statement announces a temporary
halt to the school boycott but also states that protests will escalate until
there is a clearly stated policy of desegregation for the schools. Lloyd
Barbee says a large number of people withdrew from Freedom Schools because of
intimidation by the district attorney, the police chief, and school
superintendent. He says there must be a solution or there will be more
boycotts and demonstrations.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 29, 1965
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An unidentified alderman interrupts Vel
Phillips during a committee meeting. He says he has strong feelings about bussing but does
not want to discuss the issue at the meeting. The meeting ends abruptly.
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 5, 1965
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mr. Siemson talks about de facto segregation
in the Milwaukee Public School system. He feels that teachers need to take a stand on the issue
and that the school system does not need more experts weighing in on the issue.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound. The film has been transferred
to videotape; see videotape #26.
Month/Day/Year: December 2, 1965
Segment Number: 11
Segment Description: Daily Footage. The Milwaukee Public School
Board debates a
proposed experiment to determine the educational and administrative results of integrating
African American students by bussing them to other schools. The plan was postponed.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: December 3, 1965
Segment Number: 6 & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. John Foley comments on the proposed resolution
the School Board sent back to the superintendent for more study. Cornelius Golightly says it is
an ominous sign when no one from the African American community showed up for the meeting.
Superintendent Harold Vincent speaks to the school board about different reasons for bussing
students. John Foley and Cornelius Golightly comment. Golightly says the
committee is lacking insight and the African American community is feeling alienated.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: December 8, 1965
Segment Number: 2 & 7
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 the site selection process for new schools.
Barbee says the group will continue to protest against what they consider to be
school construction to further racism. The group sings as it walks
in a circle.
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 Bundy is chained to a fence outside the MacDowell
School construction site in protest of the construction. Father James Groppi gives him something to
eat and to 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: 5 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Archbishop William Cousins
comments on the school boycotts which happened while he was in Rome. He says demonstrations
"are probably a
neutral means to arrive at some particular end." But, he warns that there is
always a danger that demonstrations can get out of hand. Cousins also comments on the attacks
that have been aimed at Bishop Roman Atkielski and the fact that Atkielski
has been given a new assignment. Atkielski would not allow priests and
nuns to participate in the school boycotts and was in charge while Cousins
was in Rome. Cousins says he doesn't question Father James Groppi's
motivations and is not going to punish him.
Notes: The film is black and white and does 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 11, 1965
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. James Farmer of CORE talks about various ways integration
could be implemented in the schools including the Princeton Plan, the twin schools concept, redistricting
residential areas, and educational parks.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound. The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #40.
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 14, 1965
Segment Number: 7 & 11
Segment Description: Daily Footage. District Attorney Hugh O'Connell says that the children who
attended Freedom Schools instead of their normal schools will not be charged with truancy because of the lack of
evidence. There is also not enough evidence to prosecute any parents although the police did do surveillance
on the Freedom Schools.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound. The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #42.
Month/Day/Year: December 16, 1965
Segment Number: 2, 3, & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Howard Aker talks about the new MacDowell
School. He says it will be a model for teacher training, that it is not being
built to further segregation and that it will help diversify the racial makeup of the neighborhood. Mr. Perrin
talks about the Lapham Park Project which helped the school become more integrated as the
neighborhood improved. Aker comments on the redevelopment plans for the MacDowell School
neighborhood including new homes and development of Highland Boulevard. Perrin talks about
urban renewal and the destruction of the ghettos in Milwaukee.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
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 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 #42.
Month/Day/Year: January 22, 1966
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. William Kahl talks about becoming State
Superintendent of Public Instruction on July 1. He says the school boycott is a concern but that many
in Milwaukee are making an effort to solve the problem and expresses his confidence that the
problem will be solved.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 1, 1966
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage inside Judge Christ Seraphim's courtroom.
Seraphim found 11 people guilty for their involvement in a civil rights demonstration in which
they blocked the entrance to the MacDowell School construction site.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: March 22, 1966
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part 1 of a 5-part
series. Lloyd
Barbee, chair of the Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC),
shares his views on the $29 million dollar bonding request by the Milwaukee
School Board.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
Month/Day/Year: March 23, 1966
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part 2 of a 5-part
series. School
Superintendent Harold Vincent details the reasons why the Milwaukee School
Board requested the $29 million dollar bonding referendum.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
Month/Day/Year: March 24, 1966
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part 3 of a 5-part
series. School
Superintendent Harold Vincent explains why the Milwaukee School Board is
asking for $4 million dollars more than their 1962 request.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
Month/Day/Year: March 25, 1966
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part 4 of a 5-part
series. School
Superintendent Harold Vincent explains that the requested money will be used
for increased school facilities. West Allis Superintendent E. G. Kellogg
details the services his district offers.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
Month/Day/Year: March 28, 1966
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part 5 of a 5-part
series. School
Superintendent Harold Vincent responds to the opposition charges regarding
the $29 million dollar bonding issue.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
Month/Day/Year: April 6, 1966
Segment Number: 1, 4 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. School Superintendent Harold
Vincent talks about the recent school bond referendum. He says the smaller
than usual voter turnout is not a trend. Vincent thinks that people are
still interested in providing adequate facilities and a quality education for
all the children in the city. He says MUSIC's active campaign against the referendum only had a small
impact on the outcome. Vincent believes voters took into account the facts and
were not swayed by emotional appeals.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 22, 1966
Segment Description: Special Assignment. James Barrett, who
chaired a study committee for the Governor's Commission on Human Rights,
discussed the committee's report on de facto segregation in Milwaukee
schools.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
Month/Day/Year: August 11, 1966
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An unidentified man says
that because of overcrowding, they are opening the Meinecke Avenue School.
Opening the school will help them avoid bussing students. Another
unidentified man opposes the school being opened because he says it will lead to
increased segregation.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: August 26, 1966
Segment Number: 8 & 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Lloyd Barbee says he will not
resort to using bombs and blowing things up but other groups will. He says
significant and meaningful change has to take place to remove the cancer of
segregation in the schools. Barbee says he is "crying in the wilderness."
He says that actions will become more determined and that if the school board
does not meet the people's demands, buildings symbolic of segregation and
unequal education will be attacked.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: November 7, 1966
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An unidentified man talks about
a school survey. He says integration is a problem in Milwaukee and every
major city in the United States. He says his group hopes to apply techniques of
mediation to help solve the problem of integration.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: November 8, 1966
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. John Foley, president of the
Milwaukee School Board, says the board may be required to reevaluate its role in
the study because the study is partly funded by the public.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 20, 1967
Segment Number: 3 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. John Foley says the charge that segregation
is a clear and indisputable policy of the Milwaukee school board is fabricated. He claims that
the suit H. Clements has filed against the school board for discrimination is wrong. Foley says
that race has never been an issue in Milwaukee schools.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 13, 1967
Segment Number: 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. John Foley says mass bussing of
students in Milwaukee would be educationally unsound, economically unfeasible
and illegal because children have a right to go to school in the district in
which they live. Mr. Dale says there is always a chance "the frustrated"
will become violent.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 20, 1967
Segment Number: 1 & 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. School Superintendent Harold
Vincent says the implication of the report, in regards to bussing students, is
inaccurate. He says that bussing class groups has been going on since
1952. Vincent says there have been additions built to schools and new
schools built to take care of overcrowding in all parts of the city, including
the central city. He says construction of schools has never been based on
housing patterns.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 12, 1967
Segment Number: 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mr. Corrigan says that in order
for the Milwaukee Public School system to improve, inner city schools must be
brought up to par with suburban schools. In order to do this, parents must
become more involved with the school's PTA groups and people must stop being
afraid of racial mixing in schools.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 6, 1967
Segment Number: 2 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Dr. Sidney Marland,
superintendent of Pittsburgh public schools, says that a solution to segregation
would be to eliminate all of the current high schools and replace them with
fewer larger schools essentially forcing integration to take place.
Marland says by reducing the number of high schools from 22 to 5, the city will
be forced to face racial integration.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. Both segments are
in can one of two. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #43.
Month/Day/Year: May 23, 1967
Segment Number: 1, 6 & 10
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a meeting at the
Office of Education for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Among those in
attendance are Father Goebel, the Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese,
lay people, nuns, and members of the press. An African American woman
questions Father Goebel about parochial school policy as it relates to minority
students. Father Goebel says exchange programs will continue to be part of
the Catholic school system. An unidentified man says the Office of
Education will serve as arbitrator if a principal and pastor disagree over
aspects of the exchange program. An African American woman contends some
parishioners don't want minority students in their schools.
Notes: The film is black and white; segment one does not have sound,
segments six and ten do have sound.
Month/Day/Year: June 22, 1967
Segment Number: 4, 8 & 10
Segment Description: Daily Footage. School Superintendent Harold
Vincent says he has not seen the report by the federal Civil Rights Commission
stating student performance is poor in predominantly Negro schools but imagines,
because Mr. Klements is attached to it, that the report slanders the school
district. He shows a report outlining special needs of students. The
83 programs include a remedial reading program and a lower pupil-teacher ratio.
Vincent says there is a variation of scores on tests from students in the inner
city due to a lack and motivation and the students' desire to learn.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: September 18, 1967
Segment Number: 3 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An unidentified man says
students in today's multi-racial world must have contact with different groups
if they are going to be able to deal with people as human beings who are
entitled to respect and dignity. Three unidentified men talk about their
committee's report on the public schools. They feel vigorous leadership is
needed, that schools need to break down racial isolation, and that schools must
find a way to integrate over the long run.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. Segment three is
in can one of three; segment four is in can three of three.
Month/Day/Year: January 23, 1968
Segment Number: 3 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An unidentified woman says it
doesn't make sense to bus children from other areas to schools in her
neighborhood and then bus kids from her neighborhood to other schools. She
says she and other parents will boycott the school board plan and that her kids
will not be bused to MacDowell School. The woman says they have not
received
answers from the school board. They feel their kids are being used as an
experiment by the integration movement. An unidentified man says bussing is merely a way to ease overcrowding during remodelling.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #70.
Month/Day/Year: January 25, 1968
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a banquet. A
banner reads "Notre Dame's Greatest Challenge SUMMA." An unidentified
priest says segregation in schools must end because it affects who will go on to
get a secondary education. He says America should be a place of equality
and opportunity.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 28, 1968
Segment Number: 1 & 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Dwight Teel says a local group
of teachers and principals have developed materials that deal with the Negroes
role in and contributions to society. A teaching guide entitled "The Negro
in American Life" is being used in a pilot project in secondary schools.
Footage of African American students in a classroom. There is a
reel-to-reel tape player and book entitled "The Negro in American Life."
Notes: The film is color; segment 1 does have sound, segment 2 does
not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 5, 1968
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. A group of African American
students at North Division High School leave school. The camera follows
the group out into the parking lot. Some cover their faces and some look
angry. Eight hundred students at North walked out of classes demanding more
Negro
history be taught.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 10, 1968
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Editorial reply. An
unidentified African American man says the actions of the African American
students at North Division High School were the only option they had left to get
the school board to take steps to get more Negro history taught in school.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 14, 1968
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Riverside High School Principal
Emil Rucktenwald says he informed parents about what the school had done before they
ordered textbooks. He also comments on how Social Studies teachers have
organized other materials besides the textbooks to use in history classes.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 16, 1968
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An unidentified high school
girl says some people protesting for integrated textbooks don't really care and
are not academically minded. She says the students who can reason with the
administration are the ones getting things accomplished.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film is in
can one of two.
Month/Day/Year: February 16, 1968
Segment Number: 1, 2 & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. John Lawrence, a senior at
Lincoln High School, says he knows it will take at least five years to get a
really good integrated textbook. An unidentified African American student
wonders why they can't get a book that is up-to-date. An unidentified man
says they have an obligation to provide orderly school programs to all students.
They intend to exert every effort and resource to provide good programs and to
operate schools in an environment of order and understanding. An African
American student at Riverside High School says students are sick of waiting for
adequate books and that the next mass suspension will lead to a riot. John
Lawrence says he wants his little brother to be proud of being black.
Other students comment.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film is in
can two of two.
Month/Day/Year: February 21, 1968
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of children from Hawley
School getting on chartered busses. A sign reads "Bus Stop, School Day
Only." One hundred forty-four students from Hawley School are being bussed to MacDowell
School while Hawley is being remodeled. Sixty children were kept home by
their parents because they did not want the children bussed to MacDowell.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 23, 1968
Segment Number: 4 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Marcia Waise, president of the
pupil organization at the Wells Street School, says the boycott will begin on
Monday and will last as long it takes to get black history books in school.
Milton Latsun of the NAACP Youth Council says the Youth Council stands by the
protesting students. Students stand outside of the Wells Street School.
Police arrive and some students run away while others are put into a police van.
Marcia Waise says they are planning a mass boycott of all MPS schools to protest
the lack of black history books.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 25, 1968
Segment Number: 1, 2, 3 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Dr. Cornelius Golightly talks
about the need for textbooks in schools that include negro history. He
states that supplemental texts on negro history currently distributed in schools
are inadequate. Golightly comments on how he and Elisabeth Holmes delayed
selection of a history book in hopes the publisher would provide an integrated
history text. He states that he is opposed to boycotts because they are
ineffective. During a press conference at St. Boniface Church, an
unidentified NAACP representative announces a meeting will be held at the church
next Tuesday to address the need for integrated history textbooks in schools.
He
says the potential for a boycott still exists. Dr. Golightly says
supplements on negro history are all that are currently available. He
believes an integrated textbook might be available within a year.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: July 11, 1968
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of adults seated at
school desks during a meeting. Mr. Smith says the quality of education,
segregated or not, is the key. He says Milwaukee teachers must come
together and address the problems of effectively educating inner city children.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: August 20, 1968
Segment Number: 2 & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. State Senator Walter Chilsen
says he wants to know if the Coordinating Committee on Higher Education and the
University of Wisconsin are effectively preparing teachers to teach in the inner
core. He says his committee is not yet prepared to address desegregation
or funding. Chilsen says people in northern Wisconsin misunderstand
problems in the inner city and some of the more irrational comments of some
militant African American leaders have unfortunately brought forth a kind of
latent racism.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: November 30, 1968
Segment Number: 3 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Author Jonathan Kozol discusses
the integration of schools and bussing programs. He says his group has rented
a storefront and warehouse to create a drop-in learning center that is open from
9 am to midnight.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
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