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Historical Essay

Highlander Folk School - Image Gallery Essay

View an extensive image collection about this early social leadership center that focused on labor organization, and later, civil rights.
Photograph

Myles Horton with Typewriter

Date: 1934
Description: Myles Horton sitting, shirtless, typing on a typewriter on his lap while sitting outdoors.
Historical Essay

Barbee, Lloyd A. (1925-2002)

Civil Rights Advocate and Legislator
Biography of Lloyd A. Barbee, Milwaukee civil rights advocate and legislator.
Historical Essay

Fishel Jr., Leslie H. (1921-2010)

Learn about the 7th Wisconsin Historical Society director who developed civil rights documentation, local history preservation and Old World Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Black History in Wisconsin

Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources.
Feature Story

Ben Barkin

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Ben Barkin, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Historical Essay

Wisconsin Women - About the Image Gallery

View the collection of images of Wisconsin women in a variety of activities: farm work, canning, suffragism, photography, war work and civil rights.
Historical Essay

Zeidler, Frank (1912 – 2006)

Last Socialist to Run a Major American City
Learn about Milwaukee's third and last Socialist mayor. Read about the many improvements made to the city of Milwaukee under his leadership.
Historical Essay

Frank P. Zeidler — The Last Socialist to Run a Major American City

Learn how Frank Zeidler propelled social, economic and structural improvements in Milwaukee as America's last Socialist Mayor in 1948 - 1960.
Historical Essay

The Birth of the Labor Movement

How Wisconsin Created the Workday
Discover the history of the labor movement in Wisconsin and how it created the modern work week.

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