50 Years After The Marches
Pandemic Shines Spotlight on Workers’ Struggle
Crisis makes Labor Day 2020 like no other, experts at roundtable discussion say.
Sep 7th, 2020 by Erik Gunn, Wisconsin Examiner
UW System Expects $212 million in Losses
The pandemic has brought a fiscal crisis to the university system.
May 8th, 2020 by Rich Kremer, Wisconsin Public Radio
51 of 72 Counties Now Back Fair Maps
9 more counties and 15 more municipalities passed anti-gerrymandering referendums.
Apr 15th, 2020 by Matt Rothschild
“200 Nights of Freedom” Recalls Marches
200 consecutive nights of events will celebrate open housing marches of 50 years ago.
Sep 1st, 2017 by Andrea Waxman, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
A Legacy of Activism
Open housing marcher passes spirit of activism to daughter Ald. Chantia Lewis.
Aug 1st, 2017 by Jenny Fischer, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Common Council More Diverse Today, But…
Other cities have done better at embracing diversity.
Jul 28th, 2017 by Julie Grace, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Still Fighting for Equality
A new generation of black leaders faces economic, educational inequities.
Jul 25th, 2017 by Jabril Faraj, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
I Was a Teenage Protester
Claudette Harris was arrested at age 14 for protesting segregation at Eagle’s Club.
Jul 14th, 2017 by Jennifer Walter, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
“We Fought Just As Hard”
The role of women in the Milwaukee’s open housing marches of the 1960s.
Jul 11th, 2017 by Naomi Waxman, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
The Education of Prentice McKinney
How a teenaged-boy joined the march for open housing.
Jul 7th, 2017 by Margaret Cannon, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
White Landlords Wouldn’t Rent to Us
Lyneria McGhee remembers why her family got involved in open housing marches.
Jul 5th, 2017 by Brian Morrissey, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Residential Segregation Still A Problem
Other than Brown Deer and Glendale, suburbs are overwhelmingly white.
Jun 27th, 2017 by Edgar Mendez, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
