‘Enough is enough’: MPS tried to force North Division to integrate in the ’70s, but the community fought back

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…