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Black Male Suffrage

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room
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Library Branch: Sun Prairie Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Guest Speaker
Event Details:
On October 31, 1865 Ezekiel Gillespie, a black Milwaukee resident, asked that his name be added to the list of eligible voters. He was refused. The next day he went to the polls to vote. He was denied. Historians have noted Wisconsinites’ defiance of...

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