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Crossing the Line: The Milwaukee Fair Housing Marches of 1967-1968

A Traveling Display
Crossing the Line examines the practices and prejudices that led to segregation in Milwaukee and chronicles the fair housing movement.
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Society Honors Centennial of the Wisconsin Capitol

Information and resources on the Centennial of the Wisconsin Capitol in 2017
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Wisconsin for Kennedy

The Primary That Launched a President and Changed the Course of History
Uncover JFK's 1960 Wisconsin primary win in "Wisconsin for Kennedy" by B.J. Hollars. A riveting tale of political intrigue and grassroots triumph.
Feature Story

Marjorie Engelman

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Marjorie Engelman, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Feature Story

Margaret A. Farrow

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Margaret A. Farrow, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Lloyd Barbee

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Lloyd A. Barbee, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Maria Luisa Morales

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Maria Luisa Morales, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Steven Craig Gunderson

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Steve Gunderson, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Allie Crumble

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Allie Crumble, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Teresa Kuykendall

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Teresa Kuykendall, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Edward R. Farber

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Edward R. Farber, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Ada Deer

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Ada Deer, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Robert J. Doyle

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Robert Doyle, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Marin Webster Denning

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers and Storytellers
Marin Webster Denning, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers and Storytellers
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Judy Greenspan

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Judy Greenspan, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Lou Ringling

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers and Storytellers
Lou Ringling | Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers and Storytellers
Classroom Material

What to Know About Polio

Limping Through Life: A Farm Boy's Polio Memoir
Useful facts about polio and post-polio syndrome
Classroom Material

Civil Rights Movement Lesson Plans

from Tools for Teaching the History of Civil Rights in Milwaukee and the Nation (Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2015)
Historical Essay

Menu Gallery: Image Gallery Essay

A Wisconsin Historical Society Menu Sampler
View menus selected from the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Historical Essay

Cyla Stundel - Oral History Interview, 1980

Learn about and listen to Holocaust survivor Cyla Stundel tell her story.

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