Posts Tagged ‘Wisconsin’
How Does a City Choose to Remember its Past?
Many Milwaukeeans are familiar with the 1854 abolitionist rescue of Joshua Glover, an African American who escaped slavery and found sanctuary in Wisconsin. Far fewer know about the horrific racial lynching of George Marshall Clark, a free black man, that happened only seven years later in Milwaukee. What was their story, and how have we remembered these two men?
Read MoreGeorge Marshall Clark
George Marshall Clark was 22 years old when he was murdered. He had been a barber, a trade he learned from his father, George Sr., who ran his business on Wisconsin Avenue. Clark resided with his friend, James Shelton, near 5th and State Streets. Shelton and Clark were arrested together, but Shelton escaped being dragged…
Read MoreFederal Court Strikes Down NC Voter ID Requirement
A federal appeals court decisively struck down North Carolina’s voter identification law on Friday, saying its provisions deliberately “target African-Americans with almost surgical precision” in an effort to depress black turnout at the polls. Much of Wisconsin’s voter identification law was also struck down.
Read MoreHead Griot Reggie Jackson Presents about Ferguson in Racine
Reggie Jackson, chairman of the board of America’s Black Holocaust Museum, gave a presentation on the officer-involved shooting in Ferguson, and some of the people involved.
Read MoreThe 5 Worst States for Black People
Taking into account stats on education, health, incarceration rate, economics and general misery, these are some of the worst states for black people to live in.
Read MoreRacial Repair and Reconciliation: A Homecoming
ABHM’s Virtual Museum Director reflects on her experiences at the Gathering for Racial Repair and Reconciliation honoring the museum’s founder, Dr. James Cameron.
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 MoreWelcome to Dodgeville!
ABHM’s virtual curator Fran Kaplan snapped a photo of lawn decorations reminicent of the Jim Crow era in front of one Dodgeville home.
Read MoreGlenn Grothman, Wisconsin Senator, Proposes Law That Declares Single Parenthood Child Abuse
One Wisconsin senator made a wild claim when he pushed a bill that would define single parent households a factor in child abuse.
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