Posts Tagged ‘Milwaukee’
Black Lens Program Schedule – Films by African Americans at the MKE Film Festival
Every year, Milwaukee Film Festival introduces its program of films by emerging and established black filmmakers Find 2014’s lineup.
Read MoreA Frank Talk About Race
America’s Black Holocaust Museum hosted a frank discussion about race that attracted participants of many races.
Read MoreReception to be Held for ABHM’s International Advisory Committee in Milwaukee on June 14, 2013
Members of ABHM’s International Advisory Committee are coming to town to meet the people who helped renew the museum. The museum’s board and staff is holding a reception open to our supporters. We have several exciting developments at the museum to present, too, so… Please come meet and mingle with our International Advisors, Volunteers, Donors, and…
Read MoreEinhorn Foundation confirms it paid for ‘voter fraud’ billboards in Wisconsin
Two organizations collaborated to find the source of a billboard purchased in Milwaukee designed to dissuade voters.
Read MoreABHM’s Brad Pruitt’s Latest Film Premieres Sunday/Monday at the Milwaukee Film Festival
Bending Toward the Light explores the challenges and triumphs of educational systems in the US through the lens of students, parents, teachers, reformers and activists in the country’s heartland – Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Less of an indictment of the education system and more of a dialogue on what can be done to fix its problems,…
Read MoreThe Case of the Disappearing Black Voter
Here in Milwaukee, the housing crisis has an unusual impact on politics as Black voters have seemingly disappeared.
Read MoreWisconsin Athlete Became the First Black Olympic Medal Winner in 1904
A Wisconsin native named George Coleman Poage, who ran sprints and hurdles, became the first Black recipient of an Olympic medal.
Read MoreMilwaukee Newspaper Interviews Reggie Jackson, ABHM President and Head Griot
ABHM’s own president and griot, Reggie Jackson, spoke to a local newspaper about the museum and its mission.
Read MoreAnick & Associates Takes ABHM Under Its Wing
America’s Black Holocaust Museum received accounting help from Wauwatosa’s Anick & Associates financial firm.
Read MorePodcast: Third Coast Digest Mark Metcalf interviews Virgil Cameron and Fran Kaplan about ABHM’s Past, Present and Future
ABHM’s Virgil Cameron and Fran Kaplan sat down with Mark Metcalf from Urban Milwaukee to record a podcast interview.
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