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*ODi ST-—-- lS
akOf VVI5°
THE NEGRO IN SOUTH MADISON
The Negro population of Madison shares many of the disabilities of
Negroes elsewhere in Wisconsin and in the United States. Although state and
local laws assure them legal freedom to live where they wish, many are unable
to take advantage of this belated legal guarantee. Past discrimination condemned them to a so-called Negro area where, if they own a home, they tend
to be trapped financially. As a consequence of denial of access to good educations and job opportunities, many now have limited job skills and earning
potential. Others are at an age and have responsibilities that limit their interest in and ability to participate in training programs that would upgrade their
job skills and improve their economic status. Such long lasting effects of
prejudice hamper the movement of Negroes toward full equality, even in the
enlightened climate of Madison.
Unlike many Northern cities, Madison has a somewhat dispersed Negro
population. This was not always so, but today, although more than half of
the city's Negroes live in the combined areas of South Madison, the Williamson Street area, Dayton Street and adjacent side streets, and in the vicinity of
Truax field, many families live outside of these areas of Negro concentration.
Residential dispersal has been facilitated bv an open occupancy or freedom of
residence ordinance passed by the citv council in 1 963.
According to a 1964 census, the 3029 nonwhites living in Madison
were only 1.9% of the city's 157,844 population.!' Negroes made up 1.1%
of the total population and 56.2% of the nonwhites. Many of the city's
other nonwhites are students attending the University of Wisconsin who do
not share the housing, employment and other problems that plague the permanent Negro population. Milwaukee is the nearest major city with a large
Negro population. It had about 80,000 Negroes in 1964. They made up between eight to ten percent of that city's population and about 96% of its non-
white population.
—' "Special Census of Madison, Wisconsin", October 5, 1964. Current Population Reports. Series P-28, No. 1328, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce,
January 21, 1965.
Object Description
| Page Title | The Negro In South Madison |
| Author | Charles O'Reilly? |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wisconsin |
| Source Publisher | Publisher Not Identified |
| Source Creation Date | 1966? |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2016 |
| Digital Identifier | TP598000 |
| Description | This pamphlet includes information about a survey taken by more than 500 blacks in South Madison after a freedom of residence ordinance was passed. In 1966, when the survey was taken, fewer than 1.1 percent of the population was non-white. The pamphlet includes statistics about life in Madison for blacks and also discusses the problems that blacks then had, such as difficulty finding work in jobs other than blue-collar ones, and the informal barriers preventing them from moving to other neighborhoods, despite legal right to do so. Despite all this, the interviewers commend Madison for having slightly better conditions for blacks than the national average. |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Document Number | TP598 |
| Owner Collection | Library Pamphlet Collection |
| Owner Object ID | PAM 86-15 |
Description
| Page Title | p. 1 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | JPG2000 |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | � Copyright 2016 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2016 |
| Digital Identifier | TP598001 |
| Full Text | *ODi ST-—-- lS akOf VVI5° THE NEGRO IN SOUTH MADISON The Negro population of Madison shares many of the disabilities of Negroes elsewhere in Wisconsin and in the United States. Although state and local laws assure them legal freedom to live where they wish, many are unable to take advantage of this belated legal guarantee. Past discrimination condemned them to a so-called Negro area where, if they own a home, they tend to be trapped financially. As a consequence of denial of access to good educations and job opportunities, many now have limited job skills and earning potential. Others are at an age and have responsibilities that limit their interest in and ability to participate in training programs that would upgrade their job skills and improve their economic status. Such long lasting effects of prejudice hamper the movement of Negroes toward full equality, even in the enlightened climate of Madison. Unlike many Northern cities, Madison has a somewhat dispersed Negro population. This was not always so, but today, although more than half of the city's Negroes live in the combined areas of South Madison, the Williamson Street area, Dayton Street and adjacent side streets, and in the vicinity of Truax field, many families live outside of these areas of Negro concentration. Residential dispersal has been facilitated bv an open occupancy or freedom of residence ordinance passed by the citv council in 1 963. According to a 1964 census, the 3029 nonwhites living in Madison were only 1.9% of the city's 157,844 population.!' Negroes made up 1.1% of the total population and 56.2% of the nonwhites. Many of the city's other nonwhites are students attending the University of Wisconsin who do not share the housing, employment and other problems that plague the permanent Negro population. Milwaukee is the nearest major city with a large Negro population. It had about 80,000 Negroes in 1964. They made up between eight to ten percent of that city's population and about 96% of its non- white population. —' "Special Census of Madison, Wisconsin", October 5, 1964. Current Population Reports. Series P-28, No. 1328, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, January 21, 1965. |