James Groppi Interviews and Sermons, 1967-1970


Summary Information
Title: James Groppi Interviews and Sermons
Inclusive Dates: 1967-1970

Creators:
  • Blackwell, Edward H.
  • Groppi, James, 1930-
Call Number: Audio 1408A

Quantity: 14 tape recordings

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Interviews and sermons of Father James Groppi compiled by Edward H. Blackwell, one of the first African-American reporters for The Milwaukee Journal and the first with his own column. Blackwell wrote about the conditions of blacks in the South and reported on Father James Groppi’s efforts in the civil rights struggle in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, compiling these recordings for a proposed biography of Groppi which was never written.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-audi01408a
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Acquisition Information

Presented by Dorothy Le Page, Knoxville, Tennessee. Accession Number: M2004-020


Contents List
1408A/1
Groppi's Christmas Eve Mass, 1967 December
1408A/2
Groppi - King Memorial Sermon, St. Boniface Church, 1969 January 15
1408A/3
Groppi's St. Boniface reply to William E. Cousins, Archbishop, 1969 November 9
1408A/4
Groppi interview on the subject of his early beginnings in civil rights activism, 1969 November 26
1408A/5
Groppi interview on such issues as the commercialization of Christmas, 1969 December 16
1408A/6
Groppi's Christmas Sermon, Midnight Mass, 1969
1408A/7
Groppi's interview on such issues as his reassignment to St. Michael's Parish, Channel 10's “Second Glance,” 1970 July 29
1408A/8
Groppi interview on WUWM regarding, among other issues, racism and unemployment in the black community
1408A/9
Groppi's letter to Winninghoff (letter read by Edward Blackwell, Milwaukee Journal staff)
1408A/10
Groppi, Tape One of Interview, issues: Catholic Church, Black Muslims, Groppi's parents, and school, undated
1408A/11
Groppi, Tape Two of Interview, issues: Groppi's family and his relationship with them, also the progression of Groppi's career
1408A/12
Groppi, Tape Three of Interview, issues: just wage for Black people, slum landlords, cheap Black labor, exploitation of Black people, and how the system affects people
1408A/13
Groppi, Tape Four of Interview, issues: today's churches still taking up collections for the Indian and Negro missions
1408A/14
Groppi, Tape Five of Interview, issues: discussion of the war in Vietnam, peace without justice, war and violence