by UMOJA Staff | September 25, 2020 | UMOJA Shorts
Farewell Aunt Jemima And Uncle Ben—Brand Symbols Are Falling— Written in Forbes Announcements by the companies that own Aunt Jemima pancake mix, Uncle Ben’s rice, Eskimo Pies ice cream bars, and many others, that they will be “retiring” brand names and visual...
by Dr. Charles Taylor | September 25, 2020 | Community Profile & Events
A new biography highlights the remarkable life of Reverend Archie Ivy who is the senior pastor at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Milwaukee. He has been pastor there for 25 years and has made New Hope an integral part of Milwaukee’s central city. His church...
by Courtesy of the University of Wisconsin-Madison | September 25, 2020 | Community Profile & Events
In the midst of a highly insecure time, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Odyssey Project secured $3 million in gifts, a base for the future of Odyssey and its transformational work in breaking the cycle of generational poverty through access to education. Odyssey...
by Henry Verden | September 25, 2020 | Community Profile & Events
Mt. Zion Baptist Church is among the largest Black congregation in Madison with more than 500 members. It has served its community for 109 years. Taking up the reins of that congregation would be a daunting task for any pastor considering its legacy. The Rev. Dr....
by Dr. Ruben L. Anthony Jr., President & CEO of the Urban League of Greater Madison | September 25, 2020 | Feature
The Black Lives Matters Movement will be noted as a movement that caused the re-awakening of America’s social conscience. It took the public execution of a Black man, George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to once again disclosed that deadly and excessive use of...
