Remember When...Milwaukeeans marched in memory of Martin Luther King Jr.?
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- 1968-04-08
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On Monday, April 8, 1968, Milwaukee paid tribute to the civil rights leader, who had been slain four days earlier in Memphis, Tenn. After a memorial service, Milwaukeeans marched Downtown from St. Boniface Catholic Church, then at 2609 N. 11th St., down Wisconsin Ave. to Plankinton Ave., and up Plankinton and N. 3rd St. With an estimated 10, 000 to 15, 000 people taking part, it was the largest civil rights march in the city's history. The marchers remained silent and orderly for the most part, although some businesses reported broken windows. Father James Groppi, at the time assigned to St. Boniface Church and active in Milwaukee's civil rights movement, is in the first row of marchers just to the right of the street center line. Milwaukee Journal photograph and information from the Milwaukee Public Library local history collection.
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Donald Emmerich
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- Milwaukee Public Library
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- Milwaukee Journal
- Subjects
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Race relations
Groppi, James, 1930- 1985 -- Pictorial works
Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Motion picture theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Central business districts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Palace Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Wisconsin Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Moon Fun Shop (Milwaukee, Wis.)
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- English
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- Donald Emmerich. Remember When...Milwaukeeans marched in memory of Martin Luther King Jr.?. 1968-04-08. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/RememberWhe/id/495. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- Donald Emmerich, (1968-04-08) Remember When...Milwaukeeans marched in memory of Martin Luther King Jr.?. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/RememberWhe/id/495
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- Donald Emmerich. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/RememberWhe/id/495>.