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Wisconsin holds a unique place in homeschooling history; the 1972 US Supreme Court case of Wisconsin v. Yoder (granting Amish parents the right to withdraw from school after 8th grade for unique religious beliefs and practices) set the stage for the legal landscape we face now.

If you were homeschooled in Wisconsin, here’s a great opportunity to be a part of that history! Click below for more information on this alumni-driven project.
https://uwm.edu/libraries/archives/services/wisconsin-homeschool-alumni-oral-history-project/

This week we unveiled a new exhibit in our gallery on the 3rd floor of Golda Meir Library: Voices from Desi Wisconsin.

This exhibit highlights our oral history collection of South Asian immigrants to the Milwaukee area and their experiences making a new home and life in Wisconsin from the 1950s-1970s, complete with QR codes to the online interviews, which were recorded in 2020 and 2021, as well as photographs and other records from the period.

You can view the oral history collection and listen to the interviews at: https://uwm.edu/lib-collections/desi-wisconsin/

Come and view The Art of Organizing in Latinx Milwaukee!