With Martin Luther Kind Day tomorrow, thought I'd hunt around for some interesting tidbits about Dr. King and ran across this..
Odd Wisconsin Archives
Dr. King had this to say in a telegram in support of a protest for fair housing in Milwaukee in 1967:
"What you and your courageous associates are doing in Milwaukee will certainly serve as a kind of massive nonviolence that we need in this turbulent period. You are demonstrating that it is possible to be militant and powerful without destroying life or property. Please know that you have my support and my prayers."
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The story of the struggle for fair housing in Milwaukee is told in "
March on Milwaukee" by Margaret Rozga in the
Wisconsin Magazine of History summer 2007: pages 28-39.
Original documents on the struggle for civil rights in Wisconsin can be found at Turning Points in Wisconsin History. The Society Archives contains one the nation's richest collections on the career of Dr. King, including a copy of the
files kept on him by the FBI.
Several pictures related to Dr. King from the Society's collections are also online at Wisconsin Historical Images
How will you remember Dr. King or celebrate Martin Luther King Day?
The Wisconsin - Martin Luther King Connection
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