African-American
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Milwaukee business partners building out community resource center
The Bronzeville Way Healing and Safe Space provides a centralized location to connect the community to local organizations.
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‘That’s how they get you’: Damon Young releases unruly anthology of Black American humor
Pittsburgh writer Damon Young joined us a few years back to talk about his debut memoir, “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays.” It won the Thurber […]
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‘I have a sense of peace’: Thousands gather to celebrate Juneteenth in Milwaukee
Milwaukee hosts one of the longest running celebrations for the holiday in the nation, according to a statement from the office of Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley. Thursday marked the 54th annual Juneteenth celebration in the city.
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Milwaukee VA clinic could be named after Black woman who served in World War II unit shown in Netflix film
The late Milwaukee veteran Anna Mae Robertson could soon have the women’s clinic at Zablocki VA Medical Center named after her.
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Black history I never knew: My father’s World War II newspaper column rediscovered
Robin Washington shares the story of how he learned about his father’s contributions to The Slip Stream – a newspaper for the Casper Army Air Base.
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A new children’s book celebrates legacy of late Wisconsin civil rights leader Vel Phillips
“Valiant Vel: Vel Phillips and the Fight for Fairness and Equality” hopes to be an inspiration for people of all ages.
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Her father disappeared when she was 9. In new memoir, Theresa Okokon explores his mysterious death.
Writer Theresa Okokon of Milwaukee County covers Blackness, family loss and a Wisconsin childhood in “Who I Always Was”
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Author examines history of violence toward Black people by ‘uncovering’ his family history
When Lee Hawkins was a budding journalist writing for The Badger Herald at UW-Madison, he was just beginning his decades-long journey to understanding the connection between his family history and the physical abuse of his childhood.
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Wisconsin-educated historian explores concept of an American ‘Black city’
The concept of a society within a society is at the center of historian Joe William Trotter’s new book “Building the Black City: The Transformation of American Life.”
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Mateo Askaripour shifts from startup satire to world building
Mateo Askaripour followed up the success of his debut novel by writing another novel about power and ambition set 500 years in the future, which he talks about with WPR’s “BETA.”
