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A new original musical from the Bronzeville Arts Ensemble called Zuri’s Crown celebrates Black women, their hair, and the power of self-expression and love. It tells the story of a young Black girl on a journey to find and live as her authentic self.
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WUWM is highlighting the issue of suicide in Black youth through conversations with doctors, mental health advocates and people who have struggled with suicidal ideation firsthand. Here's Marina Murphy's story.
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Activists with the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, and the Justice for Brieon Green Coalition picketed outside of the Milwaukee County Safety Building following the latest death in the county jail.
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Milwaukee native Nicole Acosta's portrait project dedicated to hoop earrings is being adapted for the stage.
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Black Space aims to destigmatize mental wellness in Black and Brown communities. Sessions are specifically tailored to Black and Brown men, women, and LGBTQ+ folks. And offering these experiences in beautiful and safe spaces, like the Milwaukee Art Museum, is an integral part of Black Space’s mission.
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Dozens of friends, family and community members gathered for a vigil for trans lives outside of the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center Wednesday, following the death of Cashay Henderson. Henderson was a Black trans woman and the sixth trans person, nationally, to be killed in 2023.
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Since June 2022, there have been three known cases of Black transgender women being killed in the city of Milwaukee — Brazil Johnson, Regina "Mya" Allen and Cashay Henderson.
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The "Art Against the Odds" exhibition at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design showcases the works of 65 artists incarcerated in 20 Wisconsin prisons. It was organized by the Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art.
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Some teachers and scholars today say so much of Black people’s history is still not included in U.S. curriculums. At the same time, some states want to dictate the type of Black history that can be taught.
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Milwaukeean Amaii Collins describes herself as a mom, a nurse and a suicide survivor. She first had thoughts of suicide when she was a junior in high school.