"Things are going so backwards in Milwaukee, makes you wish for those days to come back."
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Lucille Berrien
Lucille Berrien (born in 1928) is an activist from Milwaukee. She was good friends with fellow Open housing advocate James Groppi. She ran for mayor of Milwaukee in 1972, becoming the first African-American woman to do so, but lost the race to incumbent Henry Maier. Though she had recently joined the Black Panther Party, she ran a non-partisan race for mayor.
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