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Father Groppi : marching for civil rights / Stuart Stotts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stotts, Stuart, 1957-
- Series:
- Badger Biographies Series
- Badger biographies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Groppi, James, 1930-1985--Juvenile literature.
- Groppi, James.
- Catholic Church--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--Clergy--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Catholic Church.
- Civil rights workers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights workers.
- Civil rights workers--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Priests--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Priests.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights movements.
- Civil rights movements--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- Milwaukee (Wis.)--Race relations--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- Milwaukee (Wis.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (153 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, WI : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Father Groppi Marched to Change Milwaukee "Father Groppi: Marching for Civil Rights" tells the story of Father James Groppi, a Catholic priest from Milwaukee, Wis., who stood up for civil rights in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Contents:
- Meet Father Groppi
- Early Years
- Entering the Priesthood
- The National Civil Rights Movement
- Selma
- Becoming a Milwaukee Organizer
- The Eagles Club Protests
- The Fair Housing Campaign
- Across the Great Divide
- Priest and Leader
- After the Marches
- Appendix: Father Groppi's Time Line
- Glossary
- Reading Group Guide and Activities.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 138 and 140) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-87020-584-6
- OCLC:
- 859778859
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