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Voices of Milwaukee Bronzeville
Some people don't have to imagine what Milwaukee's Bronzeville was like. They have only to remember. They recall Walnut Street alive with businesses serving a hardworking Black population making something out of the meager resources available...Regular price $21.99Quick view -
Valiant Vel: Vel Phillips and the Fight for Fairness and Equality
An illustrated biography of groundbreaking civil rights activist Vel Phillips for young readers Fair housing advocate, civil rights champion, and civic leader Vel Phillips spent her life breaking barriers and fighting for justice for all people. As...Regular price $20.00Quick view -
Milwaukee's Bronzeville
With the migration of African American sharecroppers to northern cities in the first half of the 20th century, the African American population of Milwaukee grew from fewer than 1,000 in 1900 to nearly 22,000 by 1950....Regular price $24.99Quick view -
Civil Rights Activism in Milwaukee
In the early 1960s, as members of Milwaukee's growing African American population looked beyond their segregated community for better jobs and housing, they faced bitter opposition from the real estate industry and union leadership. In an...Regular price $21.99Quick view -
Justice for All: Selected Writings of Lloyd A. Barbee
Civil rights leader and legislator Lloyd A. Barbee frequently signed his correspondence with "Justice for All," a phrase that embodied his life’s work of fighting for equality and fairness. An attorney most remembered for the landmark...Regular price $26.95Quick view -
Finding Freedom: The Untold Story of Joshua Glover, Freedom Seeker
First published in 2007, the groundbreaking book Finding Freedom provided the first narrative account of the life of Joshua Glover, the freedom seeker who was famously broken out of jail by thousands of Wisconsin abolitionists in...Regular price $20.00Quick view
Celebrate Milwaukee's black history year round with this collection.