Dictionary of Wisconsin History
Search Results for: Keyword: 'Participation'
Term: American Bowling Congress
Definition: Sports organization headquartered in Milwaukee. It became the center of controversy in 1946, when it was denied official sanction to participate in a bowling tournament sponsored by the Milwaukee County Industrial Union Council because it would not prohibit participation by African-American bowlers.
[Source: The History of Wisconsin, III: Continuity and change, 1940-1965 (Madison, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1973-1998)]
15 records found
American Bowling Congress
Benson, Taylor
Bull Run, Second Battle of
Crawford, John S. 1923
Donnelly, Davis A. 1927
Haase, Robert D. 1923
Jones, George Wallace 1804 - 1896
Langeland, Knud 1813 - 1888
League of Women Voters
Longfellow's Madison Poem
Morton, Earl D. 1918
Olson, Jack B. 1920
Rasmusen, Holger B. 1894
Wilderness, Battle of the
World War Two (1939-1945)
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