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| Date: | 04 1854 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising an Anti-Slave Catchers' Mass Convention at Young's Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 13th, 1854. The poster attempts to unite indivi... |
| Read a brief description of the Milwaukee 14 when Vietnam War protesters set fire to 10,000 draft files. |
| Community: | Milwaukee |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| Historic Name: | Jones-Hill House |
| Reference Number: | 100004165 |
| Community: | Milwaukee |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| Historic Name: | Highland Boulevard Historic District |
| Reference Number: | 85001686 |
| View the collection of images of Wisconsin women in a variety of activities: farm work, canning, suffragism, photography, war work and civil rights. |
| Community: | Milwaukee |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| Historic Name: | Harley-Davidson Motor Company Factory No 7 |
| Reference Number: | 100005901 |
| Community: | Milwaukee |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| Historic Name: | Goodwill Industries Building |
| Reference Number: | 04000714 |
| Community: | Milwaukee |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| Historic Name: | Square D Company/Industrial Controller Division |
| Reference Number: | 14000878 |
| Runaway Slave |
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| Biography of Joshua Glover, a former slave from St. Louis, Missouri who sought asylum in Racine, Wisconsin in 1852. |
| Community: | Milwaukee |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| Historic Name: | McKinley Boulevard Historic District |
| Reference Number: | 85001687 |
| This Milwaukee born woman successfully advocated for progressive reforms in the educational system and was influential in the Milwaukee socialist movement. |
| Community: | Milwaukee |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| Historic Name: | East Oregon and South Barclay Industrial Historic District |
| Reference Number: | 14001112 |
| Civil Rights Law |
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| Learn about the Milwaukee based lawyer who won two of Wisconsin's most important civil rights cases and was on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. |
| Housing and Racism |
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| Discover the history of the struggle for Civil Rights in Wisconsin |
| Community: | Milwaukee |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| Historic Name: | North Grant Boulevard Historic District |
| Reference Number: | 95000290 |
| Community: | Milwaukee |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| Historic Name: | East Village Historic District |
| Reference Number: | 03001486 |
| The Struggles at Home |
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| Discover the how American patriotism during World War I led to Xenophobia and fear of Germans. |
| Learn to use primary source materials to teach students about the abolitionist movement in Wisconsin in the 1850s. |
| A Traveling Display |
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| Crossing the Line examines the practices and prejudices that led to segregation in Milwaukee and chronicles the fair housing movement. |
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