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The 1967 Milwaukee riot was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967". In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, African American residents, outraged by the slow pace in ending housing discrimination and police brutality, began to riot on the evening of July 30, 1967. The inciting incident was a fight ...
James Edmund Groppi (November 16, 1930 – November 4, 1985) was an erstwhile Catholic priest and noted civil rights activist based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.He became well known for leading numerous protests, many times being arrested during them. [1]
Demonstrations and protests were held in at least 30 communities around the state, with major demonstrations happening in Chicago. The vast majority of demonstrations were peaceful, though there were several instances of property damage or violence attributed to demonstrators or counter-protestors, the worst of which occurred in Aurora.
Image Old New Location Reported Executed Details Ref. Sir Francis Drake HS: Archie Williams HS: San Anselmo: CA: US Jun 1, 2020: May 11, 2021: Sir Francis Drake High School was renamed Archie Williams High School for former teacher and Olympic athlete Archie Williams, after awareness grew of Francis Drake's involvement with the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism and piracy, along with his ...
More than 50 years after a Vietnam War-era bombing on the University of Wisconsin campus that killed a researcher, the FBI on Thursday released age-processed photographs of a suspect who has thus ...
A Pennsylvania woman who went into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot and demanded that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi be brought out to the mob was sentenced to more than two years in prison ...
1968 Chicago riots - One of the over 100 riots that erupted nationwide after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Most of the Chicago rioting occurred on the West Side and was the second deadliest (11 fatalities, versus 13 in the Washington D.C. riots) of the riots in the nation after King's death. 11 500 August 23–28, 1968 Political
Authorities, churches identify 6 family members killed in Wisconsin house fire. July 3, 2024 at 7:59 AM. MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) ...