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Direct Action for Integrated Schools, 1964-66 Marching for Open Housing, 1967-68 Marilyn Morheuser, Lloyd Barbee, and MUSIC activists (Milwaukee Journal 1965) James Groppi, Vel Phillips, and NAACP Youth Council activists (Milw Journal 67-68)
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What happens when Civil Rights History meets the Digital Era?
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Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
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Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
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Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History Milwaukee civil rights march in the 1940s?
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Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History Milwaukee civil rights march in the 1940s?
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Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History Milwaukee civil rights march in the 1940s?
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Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
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Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
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Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
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Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History What my desk looked like before the Internet
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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
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Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History The Internet does NOT contain everything
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Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History The Internet does NOT contain everything Beware Google gaps
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Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History The Internet does NOT contain everything Much of our history has not been digitized
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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
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Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
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Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
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Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
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Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
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Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
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Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
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Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History Listen to activists explain the movement in their own words
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Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History Listen to activists explain the movement in their own words
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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
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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
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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”
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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”
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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”
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Share different perspectives on the past Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History 2007
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Raise tough questions Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
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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?
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Raise tough questions Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History “supports understanding of the struggle for racial equality...”
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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
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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 ?
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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?
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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?
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Discover ‘forgotten’ sources Share different perspectives on the past Raise 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
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Recommended links: March on Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project http://MarchOnMilwaukee.uwm.edu Long Civil Rights Movement (LCRM) project, UNC Press https://lcrm.lib.unc.edu/voice/works/ Pew Internet & American Life Project http://pewinternet.org/ - Jack Dougherty, Trinity College, September 2010 http://MarchOnMilwaukee.uwm.edu https://lcrm.lib.unc.edu/voice/works/ http://pewinternet.org/Jack Dougherty Opportunities & Challenges in Civil Rights & Digital History
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