Madison in the Sixties

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Madison made history in the sixties. Landmark civil rights laws were passed. Pivotal campus protests were waged. A spring block party turned into a three-night riot. Factor in urban renewal troubles a bitter battle over efforts to build Frank Lloyd Wrights Monona Terrace and the expanding influence of the University of Wisconsin and the decade assumes legendary status. In this first-ever comprehensive narrative of these issuesplus accounts of everything from politics to public schools construction to crime and moreMadison historian Stuart D. Levitan chronicles the birth of modern Madison with style and well-researched substance. This heavily illustrated book also features annotated photographs that document the dramatic changes occurring downtown on campus and to the Greenbush neighborhood throughout the decade. Madison in the Sixties is an absorbing account of ten years that changed the city forever.