We researched Father James Groppi, a civil rights advocate and Roman Catholic priest from Milwaukee, who fought for racial equality in the 1950s - 70s. His strong sense of justice and fairness led him to make an effort toward change. He was aware that, even though many refused to admit it, the country was more segregated in the North than in the South at that time. This led him to campaign to prevent discrimination, in all its forms. As Groppi couldn’t help but notice the heavy discrimination in his hometown of Milwaukee, he led the campaign to make Milwaukee a less segregated city. He wasn’t always successful but he worked to make people understand that racism is not unique to the South.

     We chose a website format for our project because we wanted something fairly simple but fun to create. In addition, Nate had previous experience with a website.

     We chose this topic because we wanted to research and write about a lesser-known civil rights activist. This white man was taking a stand for the black people in Milwaukee and the rest of the United States, not to defend himself, but to promote what’s right. Our school librarian suggested this topic, because we struggled at first to agree on something that interested both of us. She, the librarian, gave us our first resource, Father Groppi: Marching for Civil Rights. It is a short book and is straightforward.

     From there, we found information and pictures at the Wisconsin State Historical Society, along with a book and trusted websites. The staff there helped us a lot and we found even more detailed information on the internet, once we had an idea what we were looking for. The website draft was made on Google docs, and we then copied and pasted it to the website structure that we had created earlier.​​​​​​​