People's Brewery
Special | 5m 26s
History of the Oshkosh brewery which was the first black-owned brewery in the country.
Peoples Brewery in Oshkosh became the first African American-owned brewery in 1970. A group of black Milwaukee businessmen bought the brewery with the plan to expand Peoples into new markets in African American neighborhoods in Milwaukee and Gary, Indiana. But many locals rejected the new owners and stopped buying, making it too hard for the brewery to survive. Peoples closed in 1972.
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In Wisconsin is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
People's Brewery
Special | 5m 26s
Peoples Brewery in Oshkosh became the first African American-owned brewery in 1970. A group of black Milwaukee businessmen bought the brewery with the plan to expand Peoples into new markets in African American neighborhoods in Milwaukee and Gary, Indiana. But many locals rejected the new owners and stopped buying, making it too hard for the brewery to survive. Peoples closed in 1972.
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