By David Crowley Milwaukee County Executive In 2016, 89-year-old Opal Lee set out to walk from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington D.C. as part of her campaign to make Juneteenth a national holiday. … [Read more...]
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Milwaukee County Treasurer’s Office Needs New Leadership
By Ted Chisholm The Milwaukee County Treasurer’s Office has operated ineffectively, “out of sight and out of mind,” for too long. Our community deserves better. I am running for County … [Read more...]
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Freedom Isn’t Free: Reflections on Juneteenth
By LaKeshia N. Myers Juneteenth is a wonderful celebration; a time to remember our ancestors’ plight for freedom. A time to reflect on the costs of the freedoms we enjoy today. A … [Read more...]
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Then or Now
BlackEconomics.org® In our world aswirl with small wars, skirmishes, rumors of wars, and increasing prospects for widening military conflict, it is not irrational to think the … [Read more...]
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Willie Mays, Baseball’s Best All-Around Player, Is Dead at 93
By Charles Collier Willie Mays, the “Say Hey Kid” was the most talented player to ever play the game. He died on Tuesday in an assisted living facility in Palo Alto, California. Former … [Read more...]
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The Truth About That 40 Acres
Say Something Real Some Blacks Actually Received the Promised Land By Michelle Bryant For most of my life, I’ve heard the idiom “40 Acres and A Mule”. In the Black community, the phrase … [Read more...]
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A Father’s Love Part II
Kweku's Korner Dedicated to Austin and Cameron Lee By Kweku Akyirefi Amoasi In Part I, we stated we would discuss five rules to demonstrate a father’s love. It was designed to be a rule … [Read more...]
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Celebrating Juneteenth
On June 19th, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce that the more than 250,000 enslaved African Americans in the last state under Confederate control were finally free– officially … [Read more...]
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The Long Road to Justice: A Call for Reparations for African Americans
By KaliMaa Free Do you want to hear a crazy reparation story? After the Haitian revolution in 1807, former French colonists were compensated up to $300 for each enslaved person who was freed. In … [Read more...]
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My Juneteenth Experience
By Karen Stokes One of my favorite memories from my childhood in Milwaukee was attending the Juneteenth Day celebration with my cousins, when our cousins came up from Mississippi, adding to the fun … [Read more...]
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