Milwaukee Times Digital Edition Issue February 27, 2025
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View ArticleThis Week In Black History – February 27, 2025
February 27, 1988 – Debi Thomas became first black to win an Olympic medal in figure skating. February 28, 1984 – Michael Jackson won Eight Grammy awards. March 1, 1994 – Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.,...
View ArticleGreater Milwaukee Urban League honors equity work at annual ‘Whitney M....
The Greater Milwaukee Urban League (GMUL) will host its prestigious Whitney M. Young, Jr., Equal Opportunity Day Awards Luncheon, celebrating outstanding individuals and organizations championing the...
View ArticleOutpost Co-op celebrates Black History Month by recognizing achievement of...
Outpost Co-op celebrates Black History Month by recognizing the achievement of its CEO Ray Simpkins, who is making an impact within the co-op. Simpkins joined Outpost in May 2023, from the greater...
View ArticleUnderstanding metastatic breast cancer in black women; risks, disparities,...
What is breast cancer? Breast cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells in the breast grow and invade healthy cells. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer found in women in the U.S. While...
View ArticleWhat is DEI, and why is it dividing America?
By Nicquel Terry Ellis Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs have come under attack in American boardrooms, state legislatures and college campuses – and now broadly across the federal...
View ArticleStop wasting energy
You have heard the same sad song from African Americans since they were created in this country. “The white man needs to open up and realize we need a decent place to live and raise our children.” You...
View ArticleRoberta Flack, Grammy Award-winning singer, dead at 88
Roberta Flack, the Grammy- winning soul singer best known for her celebrated interpretations of romantic ballads like “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” as well as her professional collaborations and...
View ArticleVillage of Brown Deer celebrates 2nd annual Black History Month
The 2nd Annual Black History Month program took place on February 18, 2025, at Brown Deer Middle School, bringing together friends, neighbors, business owners, and government officials to celebrate the...
View ArticleMilwaukee Mayor’s 10th Annual Masked Ball announced
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) will host the “10th Annual Mayor’s Masked Ball “on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at the Pfister Hotel at 6 p.m. Attendees will get...
View ArticleMilwaukee Times Digital Edition Issue March 6, 2025
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View ArticleThis Week In Black History – March 6, 2025
March 6, 1857 – U.S. Supreme Court issued Dred Scott decision. March 7, 1965 – U.S. Supreme Court upheld key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. March 8, 1977 – Henry L. Marsh, III, became...
View ArticleGeorge Kendrick celebrates his 90th birthday
On Saturday, February 22, 2025, at Pallas Restaurant, 1657 S. 108th St., West Allis, George Kendrick celebrated his 90th birthday with family and friends. Kendrick is one of 11 children, born in 1935,...
View ArticleDr. Alvin Poussaint
Harvard Medical School scholar Dr. Alvin Poussaint, who passed away February 24, 2025, was a renowned psychiatrist and educator whose research included studying the ways racism and discrimination...
View ArticleGrammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone dies in car crash
Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of the all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence and known for the hit song “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” was killed early Saturday, March 1, 2025 in a car...
View ArticleHenry David Thoreau School celebrates ‘6th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....
On February 25, 2025 Henry David Thoreau School celebrated its “6th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Read-In” to commemorate Dr. King’s birthday. The theme for this year was: “What Are You Doing...
View ArticleDr. MLK School hosts 33rd annual ‘African American Male & Female Teach-In’
On Thursday, February 20, 2025, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., School, located at, 3256 N. 3rd St., celebrated Black History Month with the school’s 33rd annual “African American Male & Female...
View ArticleMilwaukee Times Digital Edition Issue March 13, 2025
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View ArticleThis Week In Black History – March 13, 2025
March 13, 1773 – Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, black pioneer and explorer, founded Chicago. March 14, 1965 – Montgomery bus boycott ended when municipal bus service is desegregated. March 15, 1988 –...
View ArticleRemembering Mother Nealie Daniels Sims
Born in Sherrill, Arkansas on January 30, 1938, and spending her adult life in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, departed this life bound for her heavenly home on Friday, February 21, 2025. She was happily married...
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