Today on Lake Effect, we’ll visit the gravesite of Milwaukee’s only known Black lynching victim and learn how the effort to memorialize him came full circle. Then, a teacher describes the challenges of educating students both in-person and virtually. We’ll learn about the art of making cowbells. We’ll speak with a father-son duo keeping the tradition of Latin music alive in Wisconsin. Plus, a culinary historian shares how he’s working to restore African Americans to the center of America’s barbecue history.
Guests:
- John Simons, teacher in the West Allis-West Milwaukee School District
- Ulisis Santiago, cowbell maker
- Cecil Negron & Cecilio Negron Jr., percussion masters in the bands Cache and De La Buena
- Adrian Miller, soul food scholar, culinary historian & barbecue judge
