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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

July 24, 2020

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Earnell Lucas, Obituaries, Reverend Dr. C.T. Vivian

IN MEMORIAM: Katherine Johnson, a Pioneering NASA Mathematician Featured in “Hidden Figures,” Dies at 101

February 29, 2020

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Katherine Johnson, Lauren Victoria Burke, Obituaries

A Tribute to Mary Davis

December 28, 2019

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Marquita Fikes Edwards, Mary Davis, Obituaries

IN MEMORIAM: Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch: Remembering Carroll Spinney

December 21, 2019

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Big Bird, Caroll Spinney, Nsenga K. Burton, Obituaries, Oscar the Grouch, Sesame Street

IN MEMORIAM: John Conyers Dies at 90

November 1, 2019

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: John Conyers, Obituaries, Stacy M. Brown

Mildred L. Harpole, Longtime Milwaukee Educator and Fair Housing Advocate, Dies

November 1, 2019

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Mildred Harpole, Obituaries

“Some People are Born Leaders but Even Born Leaders can Improve with Good Training, Development and Mentoring.”

March 29, 2019

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Gwen Jackson, Obituaries

Pastor Carl Frederick “Freddie” Williams is Forever a Black Panther

January 12, 2019

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Panther Party, Carl Frederick Williams, Dylan Deprey, Obituaries

Community Activist and Former CEO of OIC, Carl Gee Dies at 77

September 22, 2018

By Karen Stokes Carl Alexander Gee, community activist and former CEO of Opportunities Industrialization Center of Greater Milwaukee (OIC) died on September 13, after a long battle with … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Carl Gee, Karen Stokes, Obituaries

Nate Conyers, Co-Founder of The Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper Dies at 72

May 4, 2018

By Karen Stokes Journalist, businessman and co-founder of the Milwaukee Times Newspaper, Nathan Conyers died at the age of 72. Over the past 10 years, Conyers has endured various illnesses … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Nathan Conyers, Obituaries

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