Tape recordings [sound recording], 1952-1963.

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Tape recordings [sound recording], 1952-1963.

Tape recordings produced by the Commission including speeches, radio broadcasts, and meetings concerning brotherhood, women, migrants, blacks, and Indians. Included are recordings of the Commission's 1955 annual meeting and of the 1963 Governor's Conference on Human Rights.

25 tape recordings.

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Wisconsin. Governor's Commission on Human Rights

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The first Governor's Commission on Human Rights consisted of 18 members appointed by the Governor in 1945. Two years later, the legislature confirmed this action by statute and enlarged the commission's membership to 35 (Chapter 296, Laws of 1947). The 1949 Legislature made the first appropriation to the Commission and a director was appointed the same year. The 1967 reorganization act merged the Governor's Commission and the Equal Opportunities Division (WIHV86-A2045) of the Indust...