Pitts, Orville E., 1933-
Biography:
Championship amateur boxer and 1950 Golden Gloves champion who completed law school as a fighter and became Milwaukee, Wisconsin's second African American city alderman in 1968, serving district 6. Pitts later became the city's deputy city attorney, then county court commissioner.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project (Golda Meir Library (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries))
- 1 Orville Pitts letter, 1965 July 13 (Documents)
- 2 Orville Pitts letter, 1965 July 13 (Documents)
- 6 Orville Pitts letter, 1965 July 13 (Documents)
- Oral History Interview with Adolph Arms, August 17, 2007, part I (Audio)
- Oral History Interview with Lauri Wynn, June 9, 1995, part II (Sound recordings)