Oral History Interview with Margaret (Peggy) Rozga, August 19, 2008
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- 2008-08-19
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Oral history interview with Margaret (Peggy) Rozga conducted by Michael Gordon on August 19, 2008 in Milwaukee, as part of the March on Milwaukee Oral History Project.
Rozga was born and grew up on Milwaukee's South Side and became interested in civil rights while attending Alverno College. She discusses her experience registering voters in Alabama in 1965, the NAACP Youth Council's decision-making process and its national reputation, life at the Freedom House, how the Youth Council became involved with open housing, and Father Groppi's motivation.
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Rozga, Margaret
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee; NAACP Youth Council Commandos; 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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- Oral History Interviews of the March on Milwaukee Oral History Project, 2007-2008
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March On Milwaukee - Civil Rights History Project - Subjects
- Oral history--Wisconsin --Milwaukee
Oral histories (document genres)
Miilwaukee (Wis.)--Race relations
Meetings
Marches
Protests
Civil rights
Civil rights activists
Connection to the national struggle
Prejudice
Violence
Voter registration
Clergy
Freedom House
Freedom march planning and organization
Identity
Freedom Schools
Open housing
Rozga, Margaret
Groppi, James, 1930-1985
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Harwell, Nathaniel
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Rosenman, Mark
Britton, Ronald P
Aukofer, Frank
Atkielski, Roman R
McEnany, Barbara
Thomas, Wilbon
Reed, Fred
Salas, Barbara
O'Halloran, Pamela
Thekan, Ed
Roscioli, Larry
Norman, Bajene
Gottschalk, Matthew
Assassination of Martin Luther King
Picketing the Eagles Club
Bombing of Milwaukee NAACP Office, August 9, 1966 - Language
- English
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- Rozga, Margaret, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee; NAACP Youth Council Commandos; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Oral History Interview with Margaret (Peggy) Rozga, August 19, 2008. 2008-08-19. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1668. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- Rozga, Margaret, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee; NAACP Youth Council Commandos; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, (2008-08-19) Oral History Interview with Margaret (Peggy) Rozga, August 19, 2008. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1668
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- Rozga, Margaret, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee; NAACP Youth Council Commandos; 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/1668>.