Summary Information

Title: Congress of Racial Equality. Milwaukee Chapter: Records
Inclusive Dates: 1963-1964

Creator:

• Congress of Racial Equality. Milwaukee Chapter

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 27

Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries' Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections.

Archival Locations:

See the catalog entry for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of the Milwaukee chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), mainly relating to the activities of secretary Richard McLeod in the education committee's campaign to end de facto segregation in the city school system. McLeod's papers include correspondence, curricula and teaching materials used in the 1964 Freedom Day program, reports, placards, petitions, and research material on similar campaigns in other cities. The remainder of the collection consists of a constitution and by-laws, programs, minutes, the education committee's report to the 1964 national convention, and material relating to civil rights activities in Mississippi.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00027