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Monday on Lake Effect: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 1967 Fair Housing Marches, 'North of Dixie'

Monday on Lake Effect:

It’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day across the United States, and we talk with the head griot of America’s Black Holocaust Museum, Reggie Jackson. Then, a Milwaukee man who was a teenager on the front lines of the 1967 Milwaukee fair housing marches recalls his experience. Later, a look at some of the images that defined the fight for civil rights in Milwaukee and other northern cities. Plus, we'll have the latest episode of "How Did You Do That?"

Guests:

  • Reggie Jackson, head griot of America’s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee; Teran Powell, WUWM Von Fellow
  • Prentice McKinney, former NAACP Youth Commandos leader
  • Mark Speltz, author, North of Dixie: Civil Rights Photography Beyond the South
  • How Did You Do That? (series)