I. Segregation, prosperity, and protests: 1950s and 1960s
The 1950s: Milwaukee's Black Community Comes of Age
1964: Freedom Schools Come to Milwaukee
Milwaukee Loves George Wallace
Milwaukee's Great Migration #1: Blacks Move from the South to the Inner Core
1965: Direct Action Targets "Intact Busing"
1967-68: Open Housing Moves to Center Stage
II. Desegregation, deindustrialization, and backlash: 1970s and 1980s
Brown and Milliken: The U.S. Supreme Court Advances and Retreats
January 19, 1976: The Court Rules
Milwaukee's Schools Are Segregated
September 7, 1976: The Buses Roll and Desegregation Begins
1981: Police Brutality Moves to Center Stage
Milwaukee's Great Migration #2: Whites Move to the Suburbs
The 1980s: The Rust Belt and Reaganomics
Desegregation: Forward and Backward in the 1980s
Latino Students: Moving Beyond Black and White
Money: The Root of All Solutions
III. Resegregation, abandonment, and a new era of protest: 1990s and 2000s
1990: Vouchers Pass, Abandonment Begins
Voucher Crossfire: Fighting for the Soul of Public Education
Multicultural Crossfire: Redefining the Public School Curriculum
1993-95: White Voters Reject New Schools for Black Children, and Things Fall Apart
1995: Vouchers for Religious Schools, Abandonment Advances
1999: (Re)Segregation Déjà Vu
Neighborhood Schools and Open Enrollment
Milwaukee's Great Migration #3: Global Immigrants Make Milwaukee Their Home
2002-10: No Child Left Behind. Really?
2011: The Heartland Rises Up, and a New Era of Protest Begins.
