Equal Opportunities, Equal Rights, and Fair Housing in Madison

The Dane County Historical Society has a number of documents that relate to the City of Madison’s efforts to develop Fair Housing, Equal Opportunities, and Equal Rights laws and commissions. Much of this activism took place in the 1950s and 1960s. Also included in this collection are two 1983 oral histories by Historic Madison, Inc., of John McGrath and James Wright, both of whom were directly involved in efforts to create and administer Madison laws that sought to advance equity.