How Milwaukee residents rallied to save North Division High School from closure during 1970s integration fight

How Milwaukee residents rallied to save North Division High School from closure during 1970s integration fight

Reading Time: 4 minutes North Division High School had always been a staple in Milwaukee’s Black community.  But a Jan. 19, 1976, order by federal Judge John Reynolds for Milwaukee Public Schools to desegregate almost changed that.  The ruling led MPS to propose changes three years later with the goal to integrate the 97% Black North Side high school.  The solution? Close North Division as the neighborhood knew it and reopen it as a citywide mag…