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Fair housing demonstration, Milwaukee, 1967.
Well-known protest photographer Ben Fernandez came to Milwaukee on assignment, like many other photographers, as national news outlets took notice of the civil rights struggle unfolding in the urban north. Fernandez published this photo in his 1968 book, IN OPPOSITION: IMAGES OF AMERICAN DISSENT IN THE SIXTIES.
via: The March on Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Thanks to historian Mark Speltz for curating this week’s blog. To find out more about the civil rights movement in Milwaukee, explore UW-Milwaukee’s March on Milwaukee digital collection or search for “civil rights” on the Wisconsin Heritage Online portal.
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Fair housing demonstration, Milwaukee, 1967.

Well-known protest photographer Ben Fernandez came to Milwaukee on assignment, like many other photographers, as national news outlets took notice of the civil rights struggle unfolding in the urban north. Fernandez published this photo in his 1968 book, IN OPPOSITION: IMAGES OF AMERICAN DISSENT IN THE SIXTIES.

via: The March on Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries

Thanks to historian Mark Speltz for curating this week’s blog. To find out more about the civil rights movement in Milwaukee, explore UW-Milwaukee’s March on Milwaukee digital collection or search for “civil rights” on the Wisconsin Heritage Online portal.

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