Milwaukee United School Integration Committee Records, 1964-1966


Summary Information
Title: Milwaukee United School Integration Committee Records
Inclusive Dates: 1964-1966

Creator:
  • Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 5

Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:
Partial records of the Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC), an organization which worked to end school segregation and other forms of racial discrimination in Milwaukee. Under the leadership of Milwaukee attorney Lloyd Barbee and Marilyn Morheuser, MUSIC sponsored a “Freedom Day School” on May 18, 1964, to teach black students about their heritage and history, and called for student boycotts of segregated schools in 1965 and 1966. Among MUSIC's other projects were Freedom Camps I and II, 1964; rallies for better housing and jobs, 1964; questionnaires sent to school board candidates in 1965; marches, demonstrations, speakers, and fund-raising events.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00005
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Scope and Content Note

The collection includes a small file of correspondence; copies of memos, flyers, and other promotional and descriptive material regarding the school boycotts; schedules, curricula, and lessons for the Freedom Day School; a few press releases; and fragmentary printed flyers and papers concerning other MUSIC projects. The records illustrate Marilyn Morheuser's work for MUSIC; many of the publicity items were created by her, and others have her handwritten annotations or notes of explanation attached to them.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Presented by Marilyn Morheuser, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1966. Accession Number: M66-27, M66-94


Contents List
Milwaukee Mss 5
Box   1
Folder   1
Correspondence and Memos, 1965-1966

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Box   1
Folder   2
Curricula and Lessons for Freedom School

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Box   1
Folder   3
Freedom Day School, May 18, 1964; Public School Boycott, , 1965 October

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Box   1
Folder   4
North Division High School Boycott, 1966 March 28

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Box   1
Folder   5
Other Projects and Miscellany, 1964-1966

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Box   1
Folder   6
Press Releases, 1965-1966

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