History of the African American Experience in Madison

 

A selection of resources about the history of the African American Experience in Madison.

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Publications | Additional Resources

Publications

Cover of Growing Up Black in South

Growing Up Black in South Madison: Economic Disenfranchisement of Black Madison

Richard
Harris
RoyTek Pub.
2012

Madison's Negro Population; A Report Made for the Community Welfare Council of Madison, National Urban League

Naomi W.
Ledé
1966

The Negro Community of South Madison

University of Wisconsin--Madison. School of Social Work.
1966

Negro Housing in Madison

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,
Madison Branch
1957

Report to the Madison Community Foundation: Changing Demographics and the African-American Experience in Dane County

David Webster and Maria Matthews
Madison Community Foundation
1995
Cover of The State of Black Madison

The State of Black Madison 2008: Before the Tipping Point: A Summary Report

State of Black Madison Coalition
2008
Cover of Settlin': Stories of Madis

Settlin': Stories of Madison's Early African American Families

Muriel
Simms
Wisconsin Historical Society Press
2018

The People's Stories of South Madison. Volume 1

David
Giffey, editor
Decades Mural Project
2001

Umoja (magazine): A Monthly Schedule of Events Targeting Madison's African-American Community

The Capital City Hues (newspaper)

A free, bi-weekly look at contemporary issues facing Dane County’s communities of color and beyond.

Additional Resources

Madison's Black Heritage, by Barbara Robinson Shade. Capital Times, May 14, 1979 - May 23, 1979

(eight part series) - View in newspaper clipping files at Central Library in Local Materials Collection pamphlet files under heading "Blacks, 1965-" or on microfilm (ask at desk for assistance).

Wisconsin Heritage Online

Provides keyword searching for Blacks, African Americans, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin.

For some oral histories about growing up Black in Madison, see the Madison Living History Project at https://www.madisonlivinghistory.org/