Today, most travelers take for granted the ease in which they eat on the road, purchase gas, or book hotels. In the Jim Crow era, when discrimination against African Americans was rampant and sanctioned, many did not have that luxury. The Green Book was created to help.
Read moreOnce Upon A Time…..terrible things happened. Learn just how terrible September 26th at 2 p.m. in the Rare Books Room.
Read moreThere's a map for that, thanks to Increase Lapham, the newest inductee to the Wisconsin Writers Wall of Fame.
Read moreThe Gugler Lithographic Company operated in Milwaukee many years, printing everything from envelopes and checks to labels for the Pabst Brewing Company.
Read moreLewis Carroll and Salvador Dali working together? The collaboration brought together two of the most exceptional creators of Western culture, both ticklers of curiosity and architects of the imagination.
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