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Group demands more transparency and accountability from MPS over dangerous lead levels in schools
After a child tested positive for lead exposure that originated at school, the Milwaukee community wants more answers.
Read MoreAmerica’s Black Holocaust Museum Works ‘On the Side of Love’
ABHM’s creative director Brad Pruitt sat down for an interview about his role at the museum with Tom Lenz of the Shepherd Express.
Read MoreRevolutionary rhymes: Celebrating community and culture through poetry
Milwaukee Public Library Director Joan Johnson hnnounced the appointment of Shelly Conleyto as the library’s Poet Laureate from 2025 to 2026.M
Read MoreVisual Legacies: Photographs by Ellie Lee Weems
For more than fifty years, Ellie Lee Weems (1901-1983) trained his lens on the African American residents of Jacksonville, Florida. Weems imaged entertainers, newlyweds, and beauty queens in his photography studio. In addition, his camera accompanied him throughout his vibrant community as he documented life events as ceremonial as graduations and as quotidian as backyard…
Read MoreCelebrate Black History Month with ABHM
America’s Black Holocaust Museum and its partners are joining together for celebrations in Milwaukee throughout the month.
Read MoreBlack History Month @ MPM with ABHM: Public Tour Series
Join us for a special collaboration with Museum docents, or “griots,” from America’s Black Holocaust Museum! These 50-minute tours will highlight African and African American history throughout MPM’s exhibit galleries.
Read MoreAt Milwaukee’s Kinship Cafe, new beginnings are on the menu
Milwaukee’s Kinship Community Food Center is more than just a pantry; it now includes a café that helps to employ those from the community.
Read MoreThis Milwaukee firearms instructor helps students make a home defense plan — and a gun storage strategy
Former law enforcement head to local schools and homes to talk about gun safety, and man are ready to hear their message.
Read MoreHYFIN Announces 3rd Annual Blackity Black Holiday Market, Strengthening Milwaukee’s Black Business Community
November 30th will hold the 3rd Annual Blackity Black Holiday Market in Milwaukee. The market will showcase over 40 Black-owned businesses and will coincide with Small Business Saturday.
Read MoreDead more than a century, now on research shelves, will Milwaukee’s early poor rest in peace?
Forest Home Cemetery will be the new final resting place for 831 souls who were disinterred from the area’s pauper cemeteries for study.
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