Oral History Interview with Wesley L. Scott, July 25, 1995
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- 1995-07-25
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Interview of Wesley L. scott, conducted by Jack Dougherty, July 25, 1995 (at his office, Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 756 N Milwaukee Street, Milwaukee).
Wesley L. Scott was the CEO of the Milwaukee Urban League and an active member of We-Milwaukee. He discusses Milwaukee civil rights in the 1950's, his activities with the Urban League, criticism of newspaper coverage of the school movement, the goals of We-Milwaukee, efforts to support black history, and the role of civil rights groups in the 1970's desegregation fight.
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Scott, Wesley L
Milwaukee Public Schools; Milwaukee Public Schools Board; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee; Congress of Racial Equality; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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- 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
Teachers
School segregation
Civil rights
Network supporters
Friends
Open housing
Black power
Segregation
Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925-2002
Story, Harold W
Carmichael, Stokely
Gordon, Lucinda - Language
- English
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- Scott, Wesley L, Milwaukee Public Schools; Milwaukee Public Schools Board; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee; Congress of Racial Equality; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Oral History Interview with Wesley L. Scott, July 25, 1995. 1995-07-25. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1593. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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- Scott, Wesley L, Milwaukee Public Schools; Milwaukee Public Schools Board; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee; Congress of Racial Equality; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, (1995-07-25) Oral History Interview with Wesley L. Scott, July 25, 1995. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1593
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- Scott, Wesley L, Milwaukee Public Schools; Milwaukee Public Schools Board; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee; Congress of Racial Equality; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1593>.