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Black Christmas in Milwaukee as Open Housing Boycott Grows
Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council leads a Christmas boycott in Milwaukee Inner Core as Black is Beautiful themes surge. Merchants report reduced downtown shopping while church leaders warn of fear and violence amid protests against open housing.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Calvary Baptist Church
11Th Street
Jim ‘Loran
Torun
Milwaukee Youth Council
the Natione Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Lee McGhee
Ryélyone
James
Groppi
Dick Gregory
Naacp Youth Council
Walter B. Hoard
Milwaukee Naacp
Mount Calvary
Aeee
Huard
McGhee
Chester Hopper
Dewey Johnson
Youth Council
Johnson