MILWAUKEE – Potawatomi Bingo Casino’s name officially changed to Potawatomi Hotel & Casino on July 1, 2014. Emerging as one of the region’s premier entertainment destinations, the name change … [Read more...]
Sheriff Clark Kicks off the Juneteenth parade Route
Sheriff Clarke interacts with people along the parade route. Sheriff rides alongside a youth group as they step off for the parade. Photos by Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office … [Read more...]
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act of 1964
House and Senate leaders, Members of Congress (including Congresswoman Moore), civil rights icons and advocates joined in the US Capitol this afternoon to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Civil … [Read more...]
60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education we’ve come a long way but we have a long way to go … Part 2
Universally Speaking Murray v. Maryland (1936) - Disappointed that the University of Maryland School of Law was rejecting black applicants solely because of their race, beginning in 1933 Thurgood … [Read more...]
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Women of Color Urge Obama to ‘Re-align’ My Brother’s Keeper
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) More than 1,000 women of color – including Mary Frances Berry, former chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; Pulitzer … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Celebrates Juneteenth Day
A parade-goer compares cowboy hats with the sheriff. (And the little guy next to him wears the same hat!) … [Read more...]
From homelessness to class valedictorian, D.C. grad earns full ride to Georgetown University
Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton Life has presented our YG&B feature this week with a long unyielding series of personal challenges. But when these personal obstacles get … [Read more...]
Brewer’s Community Foundation set to dedicate newly-renovated Sherman Park Baseball Field
MILWAUKEE –Brewers Community Foundation dedicated a new baseball diamond at Sherman Park (3000 N. Sherman Blvd.) on Saturday, JUNE 21, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. Brewers players Rickie Weeks and Khris … [Read more...]
60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education we’ve come a long way but we have a long way to go … Part 1
Universally Speaking By Rahim Islam I have always said when White America catches a cold, Black America catches “triple pneumonia.” While the America the concept represents the best … [Read more...]
African-American actress/activist Ruby Dee passes at 91
By MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For Ruby Dee, acting and activism weren’t contradictory things. They were inseparable, and they were intertwined. The African-American … [Read more...]
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