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Oral History Interview with Peter Murrell Sr. and Eva Ruth June 2, 1995

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Murrell, Peter Sr.; Murrell, Eva Ruth City of Milwaukee's Government; Milwaukee Public Schools; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Congress of Racial Equality; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee

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Interview of Eva Ruth Murrell and Peter Murrell, Sr., conducted by Jack Dougherty, June 2, 1995 (at their home, 1302 W Capitol Drive, Milwaukee).Murrell came to Milwaukee in the 1940's and became active in school issues through their children. They discuss We-Milwaukee, Eva's work with the Parent Teacher Association from 1962-1966, problems with the Milwaukee schools their children attended, busing, the desegregation decisions of 1976 and 1979, and African American immersion schools.

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University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee

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Recollection Wisconsin

Keywords

  1. Barbee, Lloyd A., 1925 2002
  2. Boycotts
  3. Busing Of School Children
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Civil Rights Activists
  6. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  7. De Segregation
  8. Freedom Marches
  9. Gregory, Dick
  10. Inspiration
  11. Law/Legislature
  12. Maier, Henry W
  13. Marches
  14. Meetings
  15. Milwaukee
  16. Milwaukee Public School Boycott, October 1965
  17. Open Housing
  18. Oral Histories (Document Genres)
  19. Oral History
  20. Phillips, Vel
  21. Protests
  22. School Segregation
  23. Schools
  24. Wisconsin
  25. Youth

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