Good morning, Whitewater
There are no public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater at week’s end.
The National Weather Service predicts that today will be sunny with a high of 28 degrees. The Farmers’ Almanac predicts “rain and west snow.”
Yesterday’s better prediction: NWS. No rain…
In our schools today, this evening, at the high school the fall production of Lucky Stiff continues.
In Wisconsin history on this date, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society, in 1968, it was “Black Thursday at UW-Oshkosh”:
On this date, 96 African-American students were arrested for occupying the university president’s office to protest the University administration’s refusal to commit to adding more black teachers, classes in African-American history, black speakers on campus, and a black cultural center. Although the students were jailed and suspended from the University, within a year many of their ideas were implemented, including adding black literature and history classes and opening an Interracial Cultural Center.
An exhibit about the Black Thursday protests is available online at the UW Oshkosh website.