As part of our 20th Birthday season, the Wilson Center is excited to welcome you to our inaugural lecture series celebrating Wisconsin art and artists! Designed to offer audiences a deeper look at different mediums, Arts A La Carte will expand your arts knowledge and give you intimate access to behind-the-scenes conversations within our vibrant arts and culture community.
Go behind the scenes of a documentary in creation! This is the story of an exchange of Black and White high school students in Wisconsin. The schools are Rufus King High School in Milwaukee and Kaukauna High School in the Fox River Valley. This exchange happened in 1966 … right in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement … more than 50 years ago. The participants lived in each others' homes, attended classes in each others' schools and performed the groundbreaking play “In White America” in both cities. This was the first time some of the Kaukauna students had ever seen Black people in person. This was the first time the Black and White students from Milwaukee had ever lived in a small, all-white town in central Wisconsin.
Featuring Joanne Williams, Executive Producer of The Exchange in White America: Kaukauna & King 50 Years Later and former Milwaukee Public Television Black Nouveau Host and Segment Producer.
Individual passes: $10/person