JoAnne Williamson, president of the Milwaukee chapter of The Links, Inc presents Mavis Birts McCallum with the Edith Norman Finlayson Volunteerism To Youth Award at the 50th Anniversary celebration at … [Read more...]
Milwaukee’s Make Your Money Talk program sets new graduation record in 2012
The Make Your Money Talk program, a financial education course offered by the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) and the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC), … [Read more...]
Nearly $1 million donated to 30 local charities by Potawatomi Bingo Casino’s ‘Miracle on Canal Street’
Thirty children’s charities from southeastern Wisconsin are celebrating tonight after Potawatomi Bingo Casino announced they raised $981,273 during the 2012 Miracle on Canal Street program. Each … [Read more...]
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Violence is ‘as American as Cherry Pie’
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief In the late 1960s, Black revolutionary H. Rap Brown, now known as Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, was often quoted as saying violence is “as American as cherry … [Read more...]
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students often get hands-on experience in their field while earning a degree
Two of this December’s top graduates – Nick Robinson and Otoniel Encarnacion – used that combination of work and study to find success. Robinson is graduating with a master’s degree in architecture … [Read more...]
We Energies has sponsors the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speech contest
We Energies has sponsored the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speech contest for the past 29 years. Through this program, they strive to strengthen the reading, writing and public speaking skills of … [Read more...]
Claiming destiny on skid row, gifted scholar finds home at Harvard
Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton During the NAACP’s 100th Anniversary Convention as described in her Vanity Fair writing, Saul Loeb shares that keynote speaker President … [Read more...]
End of Waiting List for Persons with Disabilities celebration event
The Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services Disabilities Services Division held a ‘End of Waiting List for Persons with Disabilities’ celebration event on Friday, Dec. 7. The event … [Read more...]
Homegoing Celebration held for media and business pioneer, Dr. Mary Ellen Shadd-Strong
By Lynda L. Jones Dr. Mary Ellen Strong, a Wisconsin media pioneer passed at the age of 91 years-old at her home in California on November 27, 2012. She was the first in many things in her … [Read more...]
Letters from Wilmington Ten prosecution witness confirms frame-up
By Cash Michaels Special to the NNPA from the Wilmington Journal His name was Allen Hall. In 1972, Hall was the star witness for the prosecution in the conspiracy trials against the … [Read more...]
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