AUDRY PLEASANT-GAYNOR AUDRY PLEASANT-GAYNOR, Born April 7, 1927 peacefully slept into eternity on November 22, 2020. She was a 75-year Milwaukee resident, who along with her first husband, Rev. … [Read more...]
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John Lewis May Be Gone But, His Legacy Remains
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz When we die, we hope that we’ll be remembered but there are certain people in this world who will never be forgotten, and U.S. Rep. John Lewis was one of them. Lewis … [Read more...]
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Sheriff Earnell R. Lucas Mourns the Passing of Distinguished Minister and Civil Rights Leader Rev. Dr. Cordy Tindell (C.T.) Vivian
Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell R. Lucas released the following statement on the passing of Rev. Dr. Cordy Tindell (C.T.) Vivian. I am deeply saddened by the passing of the distinguished minister, … [Read more...]
IN MEMORIAM: Katherine Johnson, a Pioneering NASA Mathematician Featured in “Hidden Figures,” Dies at 101
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor Katherine Johnson, the legendary NASA physicist and mathematician whose work played a key role in the early successes of the U.S. space … [Read more...]
A Tribute to Mary Davis
By Marquita Fikes Edwards As director and co-founder for more than 10 years of the King Drive Commons Gallery and Studio, a major responsibility is to organize, produce and direct a series of … [Read more...]
IN MEMORIAM: Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch: Remembering Carroll Spinney
By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. NNPA Newswire Entertainment and Culture Editor Growing up, Sesame Street was a way of life. Modeled after a brownstone neighborhood in Harlem, it was familiar yet … [Read more...]
IN MEMORIAM: John Conyers Dies at 90
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Former U.S. Congressman John Conyers, whose 15-year fight to pass legislation that would make Dr. Martin Luther King … [Read more...]
Mildred L. Harpole, Longtime Milwaukee Educator and Fair Housing Advocate, Dies
Mildred L. Harpole, who served as an educator and advocate for fair and open housing in Milwaukee for decades, died with Reuben K. Harpole, Jr., her devoted husband, of more than 60 years by her side … [Read more...]
“Some People are Born Leaders but Even Born Leaders can Improve with Good Training, Development and Mentoring.”
Gwen T. Jackson, on leadership, in 2007 Gwen Jackson, American Red Cross condensed bio • 1961 – started volunteering with Service to Military Families Committee, where she served until 1972 • 1969, … [Read more...]
Pastor Carl Frederick “Freddie” Williams is Forever a Black Panther
By Dylan Deprey Too Black. Too strong. To be denied. Pastor Carl Frederick Williams has lived by the Original Black Panther credo his entire life. He was a son, a brother, a father and a … [Read more...]
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