by Payton Wade | July 2, 2020 | Community Profile & Events
The statistics are startling. An estimated 64,000 Black women and girls have disappeared in the United States without a trace, according to the Black and Missing Foundation. The urgent crisis of missing Black women and girls doesn’t grab the attention it deserves. The...
by Dr. Charles Taylor | July 2, 2020 | Community Profile & Events
December 1, 2009 Gov. Jim Doyle signed a measure at noon, while at the Northcott Neighborhood House in Milwaukee that will At the Northcott Neighborhood House in Milwaukee, former Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle signs a bill that makes Juneteenth Day a legal holiday in 2009....
by Yvette L. Craig | July 2, 2020 | Community Profile & Events
Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus celebrating raising of the Juneteenth Flag above the state Capitol for the first time in history. The Juneteenth Flag, celebrating the day that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., was hoisted high above the Wisconsin Capitol...
by Vernon Brown | July 2, 2020 | Feature
Through the Lens of Local Photographer Vernon Brown As protesters spilled onto Madison streets, spurred by outrage from the brutal killing of George Floyd, a young man grabbed a megaphone speaker and began speaking from the heart. “Something people ask me all the time...
by Countee Cullen | July 2, 2020 | Feature
Hey Black Child Do you know who you are Who you really are Do you know you can be What you want to be If you try to be What you can be Hey Black Child Do you know where you are going Where you’re really going Do you know you can learn What you want to learn If you try...
