Risking Everything: A Freedom Summer Exhibit for Students at ABHM
Schedule
Tue, 08 Oct, 2024 at 10:00 am
Location
401 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53212 | Milwaukee, WI
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Risking Everything opens at ABHM on October 8th at 10 AM and will be at the museum until November 4th.https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Event/EV9618
The Wisconsin History Makers Tour will bring history directly to local communities in every region of the state through pop-up exhibits, artifact displays, public programs, art installations, and other activities.
In the summer of 1964, 70,000 Black Mississippi residents, mostly disenfranchised poor people, were joined by about 1,500 volunteers, mostly northern college students, as they attempted to register to vote and challenge segregation. Local police, state government and community leaders fought back, trying to keep African Americans "in their place." Several residents and civil rights workers were murdered and hundreds were beaten or arrested. Widespread media coverage shocked the nation, leading nine months later to the 1965 voting rights act which finally broke the back of Jim Crow America.
Since 2014, "Risking Everything" has traveled to more than 50 venues around the nation and been seen by over 100,000 people. The sixteen panels of "Risking Everything" tell the story of Freedom Summer in simple language, with reproductions of 77 historic photographs and documents. The display is most suitable for secondary schools and the general public.
The History Makers Tour is presented by Culver's and is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Grant Number: MA-253159-OMS-23.
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Where is it happening?
401 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53212Event Location & Nearby Stays: