Oral History Interview with Shirley Butler, July 17, 2007
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- 2007-07-17
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Interview with Shirley Butler conducted by Amanda Wynne on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the March on Milwaukee Oral History Project.
Butler, a native of Milwaukee, attended St. Boniface School and Pius High School. She discusses discrimination as a child and student in Milwaukee, the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council, the Commandos and Commando-ettes, and joining Father Groppi in the Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.
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Butler, Shirley
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council; City of Milwaukee Police Department; NAACP Youth Council Commandos
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- Oral History Interviews of the March on Milwaukee Oral History Project, 2007-2008
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
- Milwaukee (Wis.)--Race relations
African Americans--Civil rights--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Discrimination in housing--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Churches
Marches
Meetings
Protests
Prejudice
Open housing
Arrests and curfews
Freedom march planning and organization
Non-violence
Violence
Blackface
Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925-2002
Groppi, James, 1930-1985
Britton, Ronald P
McGee, Lee
Lee, Tommy
Friend, Lawrence
Arms, Mary
Theaken, Ed
Black Christmas - Type
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- English
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- Butler, Shirley, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council; City of Milwaukee Police Department; NAACP Youth Council Commandos. Oral History Interview with Shirley Butler, July 17, 2007. 2007-07-17. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1744. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- Butler, Shirley, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council; City of Milwaukee Police Department; NAACP Youth Council Commandos, (2007-07-17) Oral History Interview with Shirley Butler, July 17, 2007. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1744
- MLA citation style
- Butler, Shirley, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council; City of Milwaukee Police Department; NAACP Youth Council Commandos. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1744>.