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'200 Days of Tension': Former NAACP Youth Council Commando Remembers Fair Housing Marches


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In honor of Black History Month, WUWM is highlighting some of the significant moments in Milwaukee's Black history. That includes the fair housing marches that brought together Alderwoman Vel Phillips, the NAACP Youth Council Commandos and Father James Groppi. Young people and adults gathered for more than 200 consecutive nights of marching to end housing discrimination. The Rev. Joseph Baring was one of the commandos. Baring retired as a pastor in October from St. Paul African Methodist
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