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March is Texas History Month, a time to fly the Texas flag and celebrate our states unique history.

Madison, July 1964 Close Close Madison in the sixties – July, 1964  As the month opens, the UW chapter of the Friends of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee is raising bail money and gathering supplies for the so-called Freedom Summer voter registration drive in the Deep South. Several UW students have already been arrested, including former student Andrew Goodman, who has been missing since his arrest with two other activists in late June. On the 16 th, the UW and three histori...

Madison made civil rights history in 1963 by adopting the first fair housing ordinance in the state Thanks to a conservative white mayor, two forceful Black leaders, two pioneering women, a helpful city attorney, strong support from both city newspapers and a vast citizens’ support network, Madison made civil rights history in 1963 by adopting the state’s first open housing ordinance. January 29, 2021 12:10 PM Stu Levitan Updated: Marshall Colston (second from righ...

Madison in the Sixties – December, 1963 – Shirley Abrahamson helps Madison make civil rights history. In 1963, racial discrimination in housing was perfectly legal in Wisconsin, and very real; only about 27% of the city’s rental units, and 12% of the houses for-sale, were available to nonwhites. The city didn’t even have a meaningful board or commission working for civil rights. Instead, there was the Mayor’s Commission on Human Rights (MCHR), which the Council created in 1952 as a po...

Madison, December 1969 Madison in the Sixties – December, 1969 December 2— A massive urban renewal project for the Miffland neighborhood runs into trouble at the Plan Commission, as area alderman Paul Soglin challenges plans for high-rise condo units. Soglin wants to rehab the existing housing stock through renovation and cooperatives rather than build new. December 6–7— About seventy women— students, TAs, young professionals, wives, and mothers— attend the Women’s Liberation Con...