Dr. Dana Mulls Milwaukee Marches

February 2, 2023 Lane Hensley African American Heritage Month, News, Adult Formation, African American History Month
Copy of a photo of the civil unrest, riots and Open Housing rulings that happened in Milwaukee in 1967. This photo shows people marching in front of City Hall in favor of open housing. They are carrying signs that say "We demand fair housing now." This photo was in the Sept. 16 edition of the Sentinel with the caption “Clergymen and nuns joined the demonstrators in a march around city hall Friday afternoon.” Date is 9/16/17. transparency folder #672012

Join us this Sunday for the opening event of African American Heritage Month will be the Adult Formation presentation by Dana Fritz, Milwaukee Marches for Equal Housing, 1967-1968 on Sunday, February 5, at 9 a.m. in the Community Room. Join us for an examination of the Long Hot Summer of 1967 and the local expressions of the 1960s civil rights movement 55 years on.

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