Juneteenth Day 2010, the first celebration since the holiday was made official opened in grand style with the annual ribbon cutting ceremony and parade. Pictured above are state officials, Miss Juneteenth of 2010 and her court. The street festival began at Burleigh and ended at Center Street. The weather was hot and sunny, and there were no reported negative incidents. (Photo by Robert A. Bell)

(Photo by Harry Kemp)

Legacy Bank recently hosted an event for the North Avenue & Fond Du Lac Marketplace BID 32 Prosperity 2010 Kickoff. Local businesses and community residents were invited to come and celebrate each other. The program included conversations with business leaders, performances by a Ko-Thi Drummer, and Saxophonist Marcus Adams and refreshments were served. Pictured above at the event are Margaret Henningsen of Legacy Bank, and local business owners Christine Attere and Darrin Resby

Milwaukee’s favorite son returns home to deliver speech
The public is invited to attend this year’s King Day Celebration at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, 1531 W. Vliet Street on Monday, Jan. 18 with a program at 2:30 pm. The keynote speaker will be DeMarco Morgan, (formerly with WISN Channel 12 News) Anchor and Reporter for WNCB-TV New York.
This year’s King Day Celebration will feature dance, music and spoken word in a salute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In 1964, Martin Luther King became the youngest man in …

Major Jesse G. Collins, Salvation Army Milwaukee County Commander, will give the invocation at the 26th Annual Celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at 1:30 pm. The celebration will be held on Sun. Jan. 17, 2010 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water St., from 1:00-4:00pm.
Milwaukee’s Dr. King community celebration is only one of two nationally, along with Atlanta that is still held on an annual basis. Performing arts festivities include local arts groups representing the Irish, Polish, Chinese, African, African American, Thai and Latino …

Ko-Thi Dance Company is celebrating 40 years of providing a vehicle by which artists may study, research, document, teach and present the dance, music and cultural histories of the African world. Following a performance recently held at the Mitchell Park Domes, Ferne Yangyeitie Caulker, founder of the Ko-Thi stands next to a quilt that was commissioned by the dance company’s board of directors to honor the acclaimed group’s founder for her 40 years of dedicated service. Also shown above is the quilter, Ethel White. The quilt is called, ‘AYA, Spirit …