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Seventy years later, what is Brown v. Board's legacy in Milwaukee?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSeventy years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled racial segregation of students to be...
Wisconsin's Supreme Court accepts former Milwaukee cop's termination case
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Wisconsin Supreme Court will accept a case stemming from the arrest of former Milwaukee Bucks...
To fight segregation in Milwaukee education, activists set up 'freedom schools' in 1964
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 month agoEditor's note: This story was adapted from an article published in the Journal Sentinel's Green...
In a nod to history, Biden meets with Brown v. Board of Education families
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWASHINGTON — It's been a decade since Cheryl Brown Henderson, the daughter of the namesake plaintiff...
Remembering the 10 children who have been killed in Milwaukee in 2023
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoZy’Aire Nevels was just days away from turning 2 when she was shot and killed during an argument...
'There isn't anything worth celebrating': Hundreds protest overturning of Roe v. Wade on...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor those gathered at Red Arrow Park Monday morning, the usual Fourth of July traditions of backyard...
Directors of 2 Milwaukee Black history museums share important parts of Wisconsin's history
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFebruary is Black History Month, and Milwaukee has two institutions dedicated to preserving the...
These are our 15 favorite Milwaukee songs of 2023
Gannett via AOL· 6 months agoYears ago, someone asked me what the Milwaukee music scene sounds like. The answer then was “anything and everything," and that’s never been truer than...
Estate planning may be key in slowing down out-of-state investors from buying Milwaukee homes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs more and more homes, particularly in neighborhoods with existing low homeownership rates, are...
Lessard at 50: Can Milwaukee break its addiction to forced psychiatric care?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn November 1971, when West Allis schoolteacher Alberta Lessard found herself facing a lifelong...