The Milwaukee CORE collection consists of a subject file, four folders of which relate to
the 1963-1964 protest against the Milwaukee public schools. These four files include
correspondence; curricula and other materials used in the Freedom Day program; reports,
placards, and petitions; and research materials which indicate how the Philadelphia and New
York City chapters of CORE handled similar problems.
The remainder of the collection lacks such a central theme, although it covers the same
time span. It includes a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of the chapter and the rules
by which demonstrations sponsored by the chapter were to be conducted; programs, minutes of
meetings, and the Education Committee report at the National CORE convention held in July,
1964; and material relating to the civil rights programs in Mississippi, a placard
announcing a protest march against Alabama Governor George Wallace, and the program of
CORE's Wisconsin State Conference in 1964.
