Oral History Interview with Juanita Adams and Arlene Johnson, June 15, 1995
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- 1995-06-15
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Interview with Juanita Adams and Arlene Johnson conducted by Jack Dougherty, June 15, 1995 (at Ms. Johnson's home, 7225 N. 86th Street, Milwaukee).
Juanita Adams and Arlene Johnson were two founders of the Congress of Racial Equality's (CORE) Milwaukee chapter. Topics include their choice to become involved with school integration, differences between CORE and Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC), personal experiences with racism including threats of violence, the school boycott of 1964, fellow members of CORE, and gender roles in CORE.
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Adams, Juanita; Johnson, Arlene
Congress of Racial Equality; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; NAACP Youth Council Commandos; Ku Klux Klan; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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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 history--Wisconsin --Milwaukee
Civil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Oral histories (document genres)
Marches
Schools
School segregation
Civil rights activists
Busing of school children
Non-violence
Prejudice
Black power
Discrimination in employment
Segregationists
Threats
Police harassment
White flight Interracialism
Youth
Segregation
Discrimination against people with disabilities
Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925-2002
Groppi, James, 1930-1985
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Breier, Harold A
Jacobson, Thomas
Brown, Cecil Jr
Walker, Lucius
Freedom Day School, May 18, 1964
Protest of school construction - Language
- English
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- Adams, Juanita; Johnson, Arlene, Congress of Racial Equality; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; NAACP Youth Council Commandos; Ku Klux Klan; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Oral History Interview with Juanita Adams and Arlene Johnson, June 15, 1995. 1995-06-15. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1566. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- Adams, Juanita; Johnson, Arlene, Congress of Racial Equality; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; NAACP Youth Council Commandos; Ku Klux Klan; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, (1995-06-15) Oral History Interview with Juanita Adams and Arlene Johnson, June 15, 1995. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1566
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- Adams, Juanita; Johnson, Arlene, Congress of Racial Equality; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; NAACP Youth Council Commandos; Ku Klux Klan; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/march/id/1566>.