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Historical redlining, racial covenants and modern-day barriers including lower incomes keep most residents of color in Wisconsin from owning homes.
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The Negro Leagues operated from 1920 to 1960 with success all across the United States, including in Milwaukee in 1923.
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Under legislation introduced Thursday, all Wisconsin public schools, UW System schools and state technical colleges would be banned from teaching critical race theory. Municipal and state employees would also be barred from training employees on the concepts in the workplace.
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As a part of ElevAsian’s celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month this May, the organization created Asian Restaurant Week. From Sunday, May 16 to Saturday, May 22, ElevAsian is encouraging Milwaukeeans to support local Asian restaurants.
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Artist Mutòpe j. johnson grew up in Bronzeville and his newest exhibition, In Search of a Benevolent Kind of Blue, is centered around remembering the history of Black Milwaukeeans.
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Reggie Jackson says that the barrage of videos documenting police killing Black people evoke similar feelings as looking at photos of lynching victims.
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Founded by Dr. Lia Knox, Darius Smith and Corey Fells, Black Space offers free, group therapy sessions to help normalize therapy for Black and brown people.
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The assignment came to light in February when a parent complained. The parent asked for the lesson to be taken down due to its “inappropriate and sensitive nature," but the teacher refused.
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The legislation would create a commission that would study the effects of slavery and racial discrimination, hold hearings and recommend "appropriate remedies" to Congress.
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The state Department of Public Instruction has ordered the Burlington Area School District to repair what the agency is calling a “racially hostile environment.”