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Nation Guard mobilized to protect marchers

Nation Guard mobilized to protect Milwaukee marchers protesting judge's membership in lily-white club.

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Mayor names Lafayette Crump to head city development

Commissioner-nominee is a champion of economic growth and inclusion

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

Elijah Muhammad

Elijah Muhammad was an African American religious leader of the Nation of Islam, a religious movement based on the principles of Islam, focused specifically on black Muslims. His birth name was Elijah Robert Poole and he was the seventh of thirteen children born to William and Mariah Poole. His

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Source: Black History Resources

Feb

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1975

The Time is Always Right to Do Right

George Floyd’s name will forever be etched into history alongside others like Derek Williams, Michael Brown and slain civil rights workers Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner—regular Americans who were killed by law

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

The Black Crisis in the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis

Dr. Maulana Karenga, chair of the Department of Africana Studies at CSU Long Beach, wants the Black community to make sure that physical distancing during the pandemic does not interfere with relationships or establishing

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

'Running For Your Life': A Community Poem For Ahmaud Arbery

John Bazemore/AP

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Source: Stories About Black History

Remembering Little Richard

Personal memories of Little Richard and his connection to Milwaukee

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Local funeral home owner and businessman Arthur Reid, Jr., passes at age 82

Arthur Reid, Jr., business man, founder and president of Reid’s New Golden Gate Funeral Home and a longtime benefactor of student education in Milwaukee, died Wednesday, May

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

New Incentives for Homeowners Building at Josey Heights and Walnut Circle

City Subdivisions Are Now More Attractive for New Home Construction

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Milwaukee Residents Set Fire To Alleged Sex Trafficking House After Search For Two Missing Black Girls

Prior to their discovery, a crowd of community members, demonstrators and activists, gathered in front of a reported vacant home located near the 2100 block of North 40th Street, where they claimed sex trafficking of underage children took

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Source: MadameNoire

“Moment of Mourning” Event and Community March on July 4th

Raising the Bar, Unity Gospel House of Prayer and local college students organize community mourning event

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Aaron, Hank (Henry Louis Aaron), 1934–, U.S. baseball player, b. Mobile, Ala. A durable outfielder and consistent hitter noted for his powerful wrists and explosive swing, Aaron joined a Negro League exhibition team, the Indianapolis Clowns, at 18. Within a month, however, he became a member of

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

List of first African-American mayors

In the 19th century in the American South during Reconstruction, African Americans began to be elected to many local offices, such as sheriff or Justice of the Peace, and some became the first African-American mayors of cities and towns. After this brief period, African Americans found themselves

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Source: ThoughtCo

No Menthol Sunday Goes Virtual for 2020

Caldwell’s poem was one of many segments that took place during Wisconsin’s No Menthol

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Oprah Winfrey Donates $12 Million for COVID-19 Relief in Five Cities

Through the Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation, the OWN Network boss announced she was donating $12 million to organizations dedicated to helping underserved communities in Chicago, Baltimore; Nashville, Tennessee; Milwaukee; and

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

National Guard Testing Sites Open July 2nd and July 3rd - Milwaukee Community Journal

MILWAUKEE On Thursday, July 2nd the Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) advised that National Guard testing sites are open to the public: ***National Guard testing sites are closed from July 4-5*** Both the Custer Stadium and UMOS sites will operate normal hours on July 2 – 3. Normal operations

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

‘There Were People Here Before Us:’ UWM Professor Talks Milwaukee’s History Along the Lake

Earlier this week, Noodin held a webinar titled, “Milwaukee’s Long History Along the

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

St. Ann Center helps Milwaukee Mask-Up!

“We see this as an important way we can give back to our community and the entire Greater Milwaukee Community,” said Chief Operating Officer Diane

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

A tale of two lynchings & two very different responses

This past week’s international civil disturbances, sparked by the ‘lynching’ of a Black man in Minneapolis, took me back four decades to the killing/murder of Earnest Lacy by Milwaukee police

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

1 in 5 Milwaukee Retailers Are Selling Tobacco to Youth

One in five retailers are selling to city youth

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

As A Gun Violence Survivor, I Believe We Need Structural Reforms To Achieve True Progress And Change - Blavity

As a Black man in America, gun violence was something I had seen far too

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Source: Blavity News

The parables of Jesus modernized for a contemporary audience (Week 1)

A minister on his way to his car after Bible Study saw the woman lying on the ground, side-eyed her, could hear her moaning and was relieved she was not

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

A Parable of Jesus Modernized For A Contemporary Audience: The Rich Man and Lazarus

I will use a well-known parable, the rich man and a beggar named Lazarus, contemporize it by using a similar modern scenario to discover how the principles taught in the parable are still relevant

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Grizzlies' virus-shortened road to playoffs is set for play

The Memphis Grizzlies finally got their roadmap to the playoffs when the NBA released the matchups for the remaining eight games for all teams that will be played in

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

Protests continued into third week to support George Floyd and police brutality

What started as a call for justice over the wrongful death of George Floyd, while in police custody, has turned into a nation-wide call to end police brutality, demilitarize police forces across the country, and pulling funds for weapons and military style training to other need

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

Riot in Milwaukee

Riot, Milwaukee, July 30-August 3. National Guard mobilized. Four persons killed.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

30

1967

President Trump Tweets Out White Power Message, Black Republican Senator Tim Scott Expresses Dismay

In yet another social media moment invoking race in America, President Donald Trump retweeted a video of a supporter heard yelling, “White

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Photos of Black victims of racial violence hung with nooses in Milwaukee

(Photos: Times Union, WLKY

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Source: theGrio

The death of George Floyd sparks protests in Milwaukee and across the world

Hundreds rallied Friday, May 29, 2020 and through the weekend in Milwaukee to denounce the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and other acts of police misconduct across the country before marching to I-43 and shutting down part of the

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

Milwaukee spiritual leaders host first ever ‘Sit-In for Change’

On Saturday, June 13, 2020, Souls to the Polls, an organization that unites ministers and their congregations in Milwaukee’s central city to strengthen the voting power of the Black community, hosted a “Sit-In for Change,” on the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr., and North

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

Milwaukee Business Restart Grant Applications Due Friday; Small Businesses Eligible for Up to $15,000 to Resume Operations

Small businesses can apply for City of Milwaukee’s Business Restart Grants until 5:00pm this Friday, June 12th through the online portal at

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

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