March on Milwaukee: Digitalizing Civil Rights History
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Explore the integration movement in Milwaukee through 'forgotten' sources, challenges, and opportunities in digital history, with insights into the digital divide and the importance of preserving diverse perspectives.
March on Milwaukee: Digitalizing Civil Rights History
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Marching for Open Housing, 1967-68 Direct Action for Integrated Schools, 1964-66 Marilyn Morheuser, Lloyd Barbee, and MUSIC activists (Milwaukee Journal 1965) James Groppi, Vel Phillips, and NAACP Youth Council activists (Milw Journal 67-68)
What happens when Civil Rights History meets the Digital Era?
What happens when Civil Rights History meets the Digital Era?
Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History Milwaukee civil rights march in the 1940s?
Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History Milwaukee civil rights march in the 1940s?
Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History Milwaukee civil rights march in the 1940s?
Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History What my desk looked like before the Internet
Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History What my desk looked like before the Internet What my desktop looks like now with the Internet
Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History The Internet does NOT contain everything
Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History The Internet does NOT contain everything Beware Google gaps
Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History The Internet does NOT contain everything Much of our history has not been digitized
Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History The Internet does NOT contain everything Much of our history has not been digitized . . . or saved
Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History Listen to activists explain the movement in their own words
Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History Listen to activists explain the movement in their own words
Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History Enable readers to share ideas with one another via ebook on the Web
Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History Enable readers to share ideas with one another via ebook on the Web
Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History But the Internet is NOT accessible to all National data on the “Digital Divide”
Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History But the Internet is NOT accessible to all National data on the “Digital Divide”
Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History But the Internet is NOT accessible to all National data on the “Digital Divide”
Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History 2007
Raise tough questions Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
Raise tough questions Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History What is – and is not – Milwaukee civil rights history? Which histories belong on the March on Milwaukee site? And who decides?
Raise tough questions Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History “supports understanding of the struggle for racial equality. . .”
Raise tough questions Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History “supports understanding of the struggle for racial equality. . .” But the time period is limited to 1954 - 1976
Raise tough questions Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History Should the 1941 march for jobs with James Dorsey be part of this civil rights history ?
Raise tough questions Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History Should the 1941 march for jobs with James Dorsey be part of this civil rights history ? What about the 1979 Coalition to Save North Division protests with Howard Fuller?
Raise tough questions Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History Should the 1941 march for jobs with James Dorsey be part of this civil rights history ? What about the 1979 Coalition to Save North Division protests with Howard Fuller? Or the 1990s school vouchers movement?
Discover ‘forgotten’ sourcesShare different perspectives on the pastRaise tough questions Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History All of these require us to work and listen to one another regarding Milwaukee’s shared civil rights history
Recommended links:March on Milwaukee Civil Rights History Projecthttp://MarchOnMilwaukee.uwm.eduLong Civil Rights Movement (LCRM) project, UNC Presshttps://lcrm.lib.unc.edu/voice/works/Pew Internet & American Life Projecthttp://pewinternet.org/ - Jack Dougherty, Trinity College, September 2010 Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History