OH+Research


 * Topic: Memorial Day parade w/ Civil War vets and School Intergration in Cedarburg

Interview with: Great-Aunt **

The Civil War seem such a LONG time ago, but actually, the last surviving veterans of the Civil War only died around sixty years ago. The last Union Veteran died August 2nd 1956. The last Confederate soldier died March 16th 1958.

In times of school segregation, Milwaukee public schools remained unlawfully segregated until 1979. Milwaukee at the time before the Civil Rights Movement was one of the most segregated cities in the country. In the 1960's, major progress was made in the fight for equal rights, but the school system was the hardest to beat. It wasn't until 1976 when a case was filed against the schools, and the case was settled in 1979. Wisconsin schools now were desegregated.