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Oral History Interview with Juanita Adams and Arlene Johnson, June 15, 1995

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@ University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee

Adams, Juanita; Johnson, Arlene Congress of Racial Equality; Milwaukee United School Integration Committee; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; NAACP Youth Council Commandos; Ku Klux Klan; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Interview with Juanita Adams and Arlene Johnson conducted by Jack Dougherty, June 15, 1995 (at Ms. Johnson's home, 7225 N. 86th Street, Milwaukee).Juanita Adams and Arlene Johnson were two founders of the Congress of Racial Equality's (CORE) Milwaukee chapter. Topics include their choice to become involved with school integration, differences between CORE and Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC), personal experiences with racism including threats of violence, the school boycott of 1964, fellow members of CORE, and gender roles in CORE.

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