Oral History Interview with Peter Murrell Sr. and Eva Ruth June 2, 1995
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- 1995-06-02
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Interview of Eva Ruth Murrell and Peter Murrell, Sr., conducted by Jack Dougherty, June 2, 1995 (at their home, 1302 W Capitol Drive, Milwaukee).
Murrell came to Milwaukee in the 1940's and became active in school issues through their children. They discuss We-Milwaukee, Eva's work with the Parent Teacher Association from 1962-1966, problems with the Milwaukee schools their children attended, busing, the desegregation decisions of 1976 and 1979, and African American immersion schools.
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Murrell, Peter Sr.; Murrell, Eva Ruth
City of Milwaukee's Government; Milwaukee Public Schools; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Congress of Racial Equality; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- More Than One Struggle Oral History Project Records
Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
March On Milwaukee - Civil Rights History Project; - Subjects
- Oral histories (document genres)
Oral history--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Schools
Law/Legislature
Meetings
Marches
Protests
Boycotts
Open housing
School segregation
Busing of school children
Freedom marches
Civil rights activists
Youth
Civil rights
De-segregation
Inspiration
Phillips, Vel
Maier, Henry W
Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925-2002
Gregory, Dick
Milwaukee Public School boycott, October 1965 - Language
- English
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- Murrell, Peter Sr.; Murrell, Eva Ruth, City of Milwaukee's Government; Milwaukee Public Schools; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Congress of Racial Equality; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee. Oral History Interview with Peter Murrell Sr. and Eva Ruth June 2, 1995. 1995-06-02. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1614. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- Murrell, Peter Sr.; Murrell, Eva Ruth, City of Milwaukee's Government; Milwaukee Public Schools; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Congress of Racial Equality; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee, (1995-06-02) Oral History Interview with Peter Murrell Sr. and Eva Ruth June 2, 1995. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1614
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- Murrell, Peter Sr.; Murrell, Eva Ruth, City of Milwaukee's Government; Milwaukee Public Schools; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Congress of Racial Equality; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1614>.