The All of Us Research Program from the Medical College of Wisconsin will be on locations Sunday, June 19, 2022 during the Juneteenth Day celebration in Milwaukee. … [Read more...]
Don’t Let COVID-19 Spoil Your Summer: How to Celebrate Juneteenth and Other Events Safely during the Pandemic
By Paula Penebaker Navigating the new normal, especially when it comes to summer celebrations, can be tricky with COVID-19 still circulating and infections on the rise in some communities. Even … [Read more...]
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Beyond Juneteenth: Breaking the Chains to Access Capital and Achieve Real Freedom
By Vercie Lark, Region 7 Great Plains Administrator and Ted James, Region 6 South Central Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration Being black and walking away from a person who … [Read more...]
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson Booed at Juneteenth
By Milwaukee Courier Staff Last weekend’s celebration of Juneteenth in Milwaukee was quite a sight to see. It was the 50th anniversary of one the nation’s longest running Juneteenth … [Read more...]
Juneteenth Day Reflections
(All Juneteenth Photos on this page by Kim Robinson) Photos of groups and people from the Juneteenth Celebration … [Read more...]
‘We’ve Come a Long Way Since 1971’: Milwaukee Celebrates Juneteenth Day
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz In September of 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The document declared that enslaved people throughout most of the country would now … [Read more...]
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Juneteenth Day is a Federal Holiday…Finally
By Alex Lasry All Americans will be celebrating Juneteenth as an official federal holiday this year despite Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson’s best efforts to stop that from happening. Last year, … [Read more...]
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Ain’t Gonna Let No Body Turn Me Round
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Juneteenth Observance Goes National When I was in middle school, a television miniseries based on Alex Haley’s book “Roots” offered me the … [Read more...]
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The First Step Is Admitting You Have a Problem: Why Officially Acknowledging Juneteenth Means Something
By LaKeshia N. Myers Admittedly, I have never struggled with alcohol addiction, but I know individuals who have. When speaking to them, they all told me, “The first step is admitting you have a … [Read more...]
A Proclamation on Juneteenth Day of Observance, 2021
June 18, 2021 JUNETEENTH DAY OF OBSERVANCE, 2021 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On June 19, 1865 -- nearly nine decades after our … [Read more...]
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