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Adelman, Norman, 2008 May 14
: Adelman moved to Milwaukee from New York, and worked with the Milwaukee Jewish
Community Center and the Children's Outing Association. He reflects on his experiences
working with Father James Groppi and Lloyd Barbee through the Freedom Schools and
Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC), the NAACP Youth Council, and the
open housing marches.
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4 digital audio files
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Arms, Adolph "Pappy", 2007 August 17
Listen to this interview, view the index, and search the transcript. : Arms was born in Milwaukee and attended North Division High School before joining the
Commandos. He discusses fellow marchers, the Freedom House, the 1968 Poor People's
Campaign in Washington, D.C., and job discrimination in the local union. Lastly, he
recalls his impression of the Black Christmas boycott and the civil disturbances in July
1967.
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Arms, Mary, 2007 July 29
Listen to this interview, view the index, and search the transcript. : Arms, a member of Milwaukee's NAACP Youth Council, discusses her arrest and treatment
by the Milwaukee police, protests, the Freedom House fire, the Black Christmas economic
boycott, and her involvement with the Commandos including her naming of the group, and
the Commando-ettes. Arms also reflects on Father Groppi as a leader, a priest, and a
father figure to children.
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Aukofer, Frank, 2007 November 16
Listen to this interview, view the index, and search the transcript. : Aukofer, a Milwaukee native, began covering civil rights for the Milwaukee Journal in 1964, thus reporting most of the 1967 open housing
marches. He discusses racism in past and present Milwaukee, his relationship with and
impressions of Father Groppi, his experiences in reporting the marches, the Youth
Council's use of the media during the protests, the roles of Mayor Maier and police
chief Breier, the success of the marches, and current journalism.
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Butler, Shirley, 2007 August 29
Listen to this interview, view the index, and search the transcript. : Butler, a native of Milwaukee, attended St. Boniface School and Pius High School. She
discusses discrimination as a child and student in Milwaukee, the Milwaukee NAACP Youth
Council, the Commandos and Commando-ettes, and joining Father Groppi in the Poor
People's Campaign in Washington, D.C.
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Cullen, Michael, 2007 November 20
: Cullen, a Catholic priest, moved to Milwaukee in 1964. He reflects on his relationship
with Father Groppi and discusses influences that led him to civil rights activity. He
discusses the meaning of the open housing marches, and the leadership role of Father
Groppi with the marches and the NAACP Youth Council.
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Diederichs, Carl, 2007 November 13
Listen to this interview, view the index, and search the transcript. : Diederichs, a Franciscan priest from Appleton, Wisconsin, speaks of discrimination and
changes in Milwaukee Catholic parishes due to white flight and African-American
migration, participating with Father Groppi and open housing marches, and black
leadership in the Catholic Church.
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McGhee, Joyce, 2007
: McGhee, a Milwaukee native, attended Rufus King High School. She became involved in the
open housing movement at the age of fifteen. She reflects on the Black Christmas boycott
and her experiences with the open housing marches including its dangers, her family as
marchers, diversity among marchers, and being a schoolgirl during the activities.
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2 audio cassettes
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O'Halloran, Pam, 2007 August 16
Listen to this interview, view the index, and search the transcript. : O'Halloran, a native of Milwaukee, was one of the first white members of the NAACP
Youth Council in the late 1960's. She speaks about picketing the Eagles Club, her
dissatisfaction with the non-violence approach, Father Groppi as a leader in the
community, and refutes reports regarding the July 1967 riots.
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2 audio cassettes
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Rozga, Margaret (Peggy), 2007 June 19
Listen to the 2007 interview, view the index, and search the transcript. : Rozga was born and grew up on Milwaukee's South Side and became interested in civil
rights while attending Alverno College. She recounts her experience registering voters
in Alabama during the summer of 1965, meeting and later marrying Father Groppi, the
Eagles Club protests of 1966, her experience with the open housing marches, and her role
with the NAACP Youth Council.
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Rozga, Margaret (Peggy), 2008 August 19
Listen to the 2008 interview, view the index, and search the transcript. : Rozga discusses her experience registering voters in Alabama in 1965, the NAACP Youth
Council's decision-making process and its national reputation, life at the Freedom
House, how the Youth Council became involved with open housing, and Father Groppi's
motivation.
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Salas, Barbara, 2007 July 22
: Salas, a Milwaukee native, speaks about being a white member of the NAACP Youth
Council, meeting at the first Freedom House with Father Groppi, the Commandos and
Commando-ettes, marching across the 16th Street Viaduct, the Freedom House fire, rallies
at St. Boniface, participating in school boycotts and the Freedom Schools, police
relations, and Mayor Maier.
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1 audio cassette
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access copies available at the archives.
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Schoenfeld, John, 2007 November 13
: Schoenfield, born in Milwaukee and a Missouri Synod Lutheran, discusses the planning
committee for the first open housing march, including the role of South Side Hispanics,
treatment by and surveillance from the police, the passage of open housing legislation,
and a meeting called by Mayor Maier after the Martin Luther King, Jr.,
assassination.
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2 audio cassettes
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3 digital audio files
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Sell, William, 2007 November 17
: Sell, a native of Milwaukee, speaks of participating in civil rights and anti-war
campaigns during his tenure as a priest at St. Catherine's Church, his relationship with
Father Groppi, the march across the 16th Street Viaduct, division in the Catholic Church
regarding civil rights, and the Catholic Church's role in open housing and civil
rights.
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3 audio cassettes
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5 digital audio files
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Waldheim, Peter, 2007 October 6
: A Milwaukee native, Waldheim joined the NAACP Youth Council and Commandos in 1967. He
discusses his earlier civil rights activities, Father Groppi, the Commandos, the
experience of being white in a largely African American group, opposition and violence
during marches, life at the Freedom House, and the passage of local open housing
legislation.
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2 audio cassettes
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\Waldheim, Peter\
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4 digital audio files
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Williams, Jean, 2007 August 29
: Williams, born in Milwaukee, became involved in the civil rights movement through her
husband Sylvester. She speaks about intact bussing, Father Groppi and St. Boniface
parish, Friday night dances at the Freedom House, and picketing of the Eagles Club and
various aldermen.
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2 audio cassettes
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3 digital audio files
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