Oral History Interview with Margaret (Peggy) Rozga, June 19, 2007
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- 2007-06-19
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This is a StoryCorps interview with Margaret "Peggy" Rozga. The interview was conducted by Michael Gordon on June 19, 2007, at the Milwaukee Public Library. Copyright StoryCorps. Used with permission.
Rozga was born and grew up on Milwaukee's South Side and became interested in civil rights while attending Alverno College. She recounts her experience registering voters in Alabama during the summer of 1965, meeting and later marrying Father Groppi, the Eagles Club protests of 1966, her experience with the open housing marches, and her role with the NAACP Youth Council.
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Rozga, Margaret
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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- Oral History Interviews of the March on Milwaukee Oral History Project, 2007-2008
Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
March On Milwaukee - Civil Rights History Project - Subjects
- Oral history--Wisconsin --Milwaukee
Oral histories (document genres)
Civil rights
Civil rights activists
Fair housing demonstrations
Marches
Open housing
Prejudice
Segregation
Voter registration
Rozga, Margaret
Groppi, James, 1930-1985
Rominski, Fran
McEnany, Barbara
Harwell, Nathaniel
Mullins, Tim
Britton, Ronald P
Phillips, Vel
200 night demonstrations
Picketing the Eagles Club - Language
- English
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- Rozga, Margaret, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council. Oral History Interview with Margaret (Peggy) Rozga, June 19, 2007. 2007-06-19. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1659. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- Rozga, Margaret, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council, (2007-06-19) Oral History Interview with Margaret (Peggy) Rozga, June 19, 2007. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1659
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- Rozga, Margaret, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1659>.