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Wisconsin 101: Paramount Records, Wisconsin’s Home For The Blues

To sell phonographic cabinets, a furniture business in Port Washington decided to start a record label. It became one of ...

Ms. Milele’s Legacy Of Telling Positive Stories

“I came to Madison in 1968,” recalls 85-year-old Madison activist Milele Chikasa Anana. “In that era, when I would look ...

Gwen Gillon’s Fight For Civil Rights

Stokely Carmichael called her a “gutsy little sister.” Gwen Gillon became the youngest staff member of SNCC and participated in ...

A Wisconsin Mother-Daughter March To Remember Civil Rights Movement

Danielle Crim of Madison, and her mother Dawn Crim, are leaning against a tan building in downtown Selma, Alabama. They’re ...