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| Introduce students to Freedom Summer with this overview of key events. Each slide contains images of original documents and notes to help guide discussion |
| A comprehensive guide of the most important primary sources for teachers, students and researchers wanting to study Freedom Summer. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| This button was made for Tammy Baldwin’s first campaign for Wisconsin State Assembly in 1992. |
| Do you want to see if anyone from your state or community participated in the 1964 Freedom Summer Project? Search over 1,600 names. |
| The Society owns one of the nation's richest collections of Civil Rights movement records, including more than 100 manuscript collections on Freedom Summer |
| Brief description of the Dow riots that took place in Madison during the Vietnam war and politicized thousands of previously apathetic students. |
| La Follette and the Progressive Era |
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| Get curriculum suggestions for teaching about Progressive Era reforms in Wisconsin. |
| Suffragist, Social Worker and Reformer |
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| Biography of suffragist, social worker and reformer Ada Lois James. |
| Sourcebook, PowerPoint Presentation, Video |
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| Help students learn about the civil rights era with resources designed for teaching about Freedom Summer. Access original source documents, images, video |
| Spiritualist, Social Reformer and Politician |
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| Biography of spiritualist, social reformer and politician Warren Chase. |
| Temperance, Abolition and Utopian Communities |
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| Discovery how early Americans founded the abolition and temperance movements to help increase morality |
| Read an overview of this pivotal event in the nation's civil rights era |
| Follow the progression of key events before, during and after Freedom Summer. Contains links to original documents |
| Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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| Marjorie Engelman, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
| Brief descriptions and links to original documents created by CORE, SNCC, COFO, local residents, volunteers and opponents. Organized by topic |
| La Follette and the Progressive Era |
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| Get curriculum suggestions for teaching about Progressive Era reforms in Wisconsin |
| Housing and Racism |
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| Discover the history of the struggle for Civil Rights in Wisconsin |
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