Mrs. Kathy Blackburn Oral History - Milwaukee Memory Project 2024

This oral history with Mrs. Kathy Blackburn was conducted in December of 2024 in Milwaukee, WI. Mrs. Blackburn grew up at 66th and Girard in Milwaukee's Lenox Heights neighborhood. She attended Pius XI High School. As well as telling stories about her youth in Milwaukee, Mrs. Blackburn also reflects on married life, changes in transportation, and daily life in the city.
0:32 Early life and neighborhood
1:36 Father working as mailman
2:58 Early education/Mother of Good Council
4:27 High school at Pius
6:55 Activities at MGC/Role of MGC in daily life
10:30 Great Depression
10:55 Marriage/Buying first home
12:30 Christ King
14:20 Husband working as lithographer
15:25 Social life in the 50s/60s
19:15 Husband's early life
21:05 Family political views
24:20 Stories about downtown
28:40 First job
29:30 1960s race riots
35:20 Family life/Moving to Tosa
42:50 Childhood memories/Polio
43:50 Malls/Entertainment/Borchert Field
51:35 North-South city divide