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| Creator: | Huber, Henry A., 1867-1933 |
| Title: | Citizenship of Wisconsin |
| Date: | 1929 June 18 |
| Description: | In this 5-page newspaper article from 1929, Lieutenant Governor Henry Huber traces the history of civil rights in our state. He reviews the early constitutional efforts to permit African Americans and women to vote, recounts the court case of Milwaukee black leader Ezekiel Gillespie who sued the state in 1866 for the right to vote, the history of the woman's suffrage movement (including personal recollections of Olympia Brown), and the passage of the first comprehensive equal rights law in 1921. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Newspapers |
| Subjects: | Citizenship--Wisconsin--History | Civil rights--Wisconsin--History | African Americans--Civil rights--Wisconsin--History | Racine (Wis.) | Racine County (Wis.) |
| Collection: | Turning Points in Wisconsin History |
| Institution: | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Contributors: | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Online Publisher: | [Madison, Wis.] : Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Original Material: | Racine Times-Call, June 18, 1929. |
| Rights and Usage: | Huber, Henry A. "Citizenship of Wisconsin. Some History of its Progress." Racine Times-Call, June 18, 1929. Online facsimile at: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=986 |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of the Turning points collection (Wisconsin Historical Society) |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=986 |
