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With four new judges starting in the northern part of the state this month, Eau Claire County Circuit Court Judge Benjamin D. Proctor is ready to be a mentor. As the new “chief of chiefs” Proctor, 63, plans to enhance judicial education for incoming circuit court judges and make the transition to the bench as smooth as possible. The Wisconsin Committee of Chief Judges unanimously elected Proctor to the position which rotates annually.“It is an honor, especially for us grunt circuit court judges,” said Proctor, who has been Chief Judge of the Tenth Judicial District since 2005.Additional branches in Barron, Chippewa and St. Croix counties received judges this spring and Gov. Jim Doyle recently appointed a successor to the seat previously held by Justice Michael J. Gableman in Burnett County.“I can’t speak for the other districts, but our new judges are all classy people,” said Proctor, who has been on the bench in Eau Claire since 1988.One of ....
Madison made civil rights history in 1963 by adopting the first fair housing ordinance in the state Thanks to a conservative white mayor, two forceful Black leaders, two pioneering women, a helpful city attorney, strong support from both city newspapers and a vast citizens’ support network, Madison made civil rights history in 1963 by adopting the state’s first open housing ordinance. January 29, 2021 12:10 PM Stu Levitan Updated: Marshall Colston (second from right below with his family wife Eva and children Marty, Laura and Jacqueline, pictured left to right) took up the fight. Not everyone agreed, including the Board of Realtors, which circulated an anti-fair housing ad. (Courtesy of Capital Newspapers) ....
Madison in the Sixties – December, 1963 – Shirley Abrahamson helps Madison make civil rights history. In 1963, racial discrimination in housing was perfectly legal in Wisconsin, and very real; only about 27% of the city’s rental units, and 12% of the houses for-sale, were available to nonwhites. The city didn’t even have a meaningful board or commission working for civil rights. Instead, there was the Mayor’s Commission on Human Rights (MCHR), which the Council created in 1952 as a powerless consolation prize for activists after their proposed fair housing ordinance was soundly defeated. In February, 1962, Atty. Lloyd Barbee, president of the state NAACP and chair of the Mayo’s Commission, released the draft of a tough human rights ordinance banning bias in housing, employment, and public accommodations. But it went nowhere, and Barbee soon moved to Milwaukee to start a successful 16-year lawsuit against segregation in the public schools. He also got electe ....