Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Your neighborhood. Your News.

img src=”/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/news-icon.png” alt=”news” width=”40″ border=”0″ /><Milwaukee NNSMilwaukee NNSSearch
Subscribe to NNS today!

 

Advertisement
Advertisement

 

  • Home
  • News
    • Arts and Recreation
    • Community
    • Economic Development
    • Education
    • Health and Wellness
    • Housing
    • Public Safety
    • Special Report
  • Posts From Community
    • Submit a Story
  • Community Voices
  • How To
  • Multimedia
    • On the Block
    • NNS Local Video
    • Photos
    • NNS on Lake Effect
    • NNS WGLB 1560 Radio
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • Calendar
  • About
    • Staff
    • Partners
    • The neighborhoods we cover
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Diederich College of Communication, Marquette University

Thursday, February 21, 2019

You are here: Home / Neighborhoods / North / Amani / ‘Dr. Carter’ recognized with honorary street sign at 24th and Burleigh

‘Dr. Carter’ recognized with honorary street sign at 24th and Burleigh

May 23, 2018 by Jenny Whidden 1 Comment

Share on Facebook
Facebook
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter
Email this to someone
email

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Ald. Khalif J. Rainey (left) and Lester Carter are all smiles before the ceremony. (Photo by Jenny Whidden)

A crowd gathered at 24th and Burleigh Streets late last week to celebrate Lester Carter, a pharmacist hailed as a father figure in the Amani neighborhood on the North Side.

Known as “Dr. Carter,” the druggist was honored with a street naming ceremony outside of Carter Drug Store, which he opened 50 years ago. The sign reads “Honorary Dr. Lester Carter,” and it now hangs under the 24th Street sign directly outside the store.

Alderman Khalif J. Rainey, who coordinated the event, reflected on Carter’s impact on the community.

“Not only do you come to Dr. Carter’s drug store to get a prescription for whatever your ailment is, but he’s also a source of inspiration,” Rainey said. “When you leave this door, you’re going to feel better before you even take that pill or you apply that ointment.”

Though Carter sold his store to Hayat Pharmacy in 2014, he still works there three times a week.

“I am overwhelmed. I never dreamed in my lifetime that I would ever be in this type of group, honoring just an old community druggist,” Carter said.

Charles Jones, a salesman at the drug store, was hired by Carter at 17 years old. Now 67 and still employed at the store, Jones said Carter truly deserves the honorary street sign.

A public works employee unveils the new sign outside Carter Drug Store. (Photo by Jenny Whidden)

“I am just broken up with joy about this,” Jones said. “Mr. Carter really does deserve this honor. He has basically taken care of this city and many others for 50 years. I feel like he’s raised us all.”

Carter went to Creighton University, where he graduated from the School of Pharmacy in 1958. In his remarks, he emphasized his philosophy of using education to uplift a community.

“When I speak to different pharmacy schools and medical schools around the country, I try to leave them with one thought in mind,” Carter said. “[Did] you ever stop to think that you might want to consider using all of this [education] to raise the quality of life and improve the quality of life of the people you are serving who need help?”

Carter said he has treated families through third and fourth generations. Nicole Thompson belongs to one of those families.

“My grandmother, my great aunt both like basically live and breathe Dr. Carter,” Thompson said. “If anything went wrong, we were at Dr. Carter’s.”

Thompson said community members respect Carter for more than solely his healthcare advice.

“If people don’t come here for medical healing, sometimes they just come here for internal healing, spiritual healing,” Thompson said. “If nothing else, people just respect him as an elder in his community. He definitely, as you can see, has won the love of so many. He’s just an overall great gentleman.”

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett told the gathering that it is important to recognize people in the community who make it a better place to live.

“He (Carter) was told that he wasn’t going to last six months in this neighborhood,” Barrett said. “Whoever told him that was correct because he didn’t last six months, he lasted nearly 50 years.”

Added Rainey, “When you talk about 53206, we hear a lot about the statistics. Those statistics often strip the humanity from a neighborhood.”

Carter is a “treasure” of the 53206 community who defies those statistics, Rainey said.

“What we’re doing right now is really setting some hallmarks, identifying what we’re about in this neighborhood: what we respect, what we cherish, what we value, and certainly that’s Dr. Carter.”

Did you like this story? Subscribe to NNS today.  

Share on Facebook
Facebook
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter
Email this to someone
email

Related

Filed Under: Amani, Carousel, Community, Home, Neighborhoods, News, North

About Jenny Whidden

Comments

  1. Veronica Pierce-Britt says

    January 24, 2019 at 6:09 pm

    I have been knowing Dr. l. Carter since I was 7 years of age that’s 51 years.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Advertisement
Black homeownership is at a historic low. Find out why this matters and hear solutions to the crisis

Black homeownership is at a historic low. Find out why this matters and hear solutions to the crisis

By Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Share on Facebook
Facebook
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter
Email this to someone
email

Black homeownership dipped to 41.7 percent nationwide in 2016, a 50-year low. “Locked Out: Solutions to the Black Homeownership Decline” will examine the problems and offer some solutions.

Share on Facebook
Facebook
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter
Email this to someone
email

Most Popular

  • New editor vows to ‘proceed until apprehended’ New editor vows to ‘proceed until apprehended’
  • ‘We deserve to feel safe in our own skin:’ North Division students march for Black Lives Matter ‘We deserve to feel safe in our own skin:’ North Division students march for Black Lives Matter
  • MPS defends decision to keep schools open despite storm MPS defends decision to keep schools open despite storm
  • Milwaukee County reveals potential locations for youth secure residential facility Milwaukee County reveals potential locations for youth secure residential facility
  • What the closing of Lincoln Hills youth prison means to you and Milwaukee What the closing of Lincoln Hills youth prison means to you and Milwaukee
Advertisement

How To …

How to stay safe when temperatures plummet

How to stay safe when temperatures plummet

Share on Facebook
Facebook
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter
Email this to someone
email

The City of Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) is reminding all residents to take precautions as single-digit temperatures and record below-zero wind chills move into the area.

Share on Facebook
Facebook
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter
Email this to someone
email

More "How To" articles

Connect with us

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Upcoming Events

  1. Resume 101: first steps to building your resume

    February 25 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
  2. Locked Out: Solutions to the Black Homeownership Decline

    February 26 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  3. Lyft offers rides to Wisconsin Black Historical Society in Milwaukee

    February 28 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

View All Events

Advertisement

Links

  • Lead threat in Milwaukee’s water causes clash between community advocates & city leaders
    Share on Facebook
    Facebook
    Tweet about this on Twitter
    Twitter
    Email this to someone
    email

    Print Friendly, PDF & Email

    Share on Facebook

    Facebook

    Tweet about this on Twitter

    Twitter

    Email this to someone

    email

    Print Friendly, PDF & Email

    FacebookTwitteremail Subscribe to NNS Daily: Leave this field empty if you’re human: wuwm.com Did you like this story? Subscribe to NNS today.   FacebookTwitteremail Related

    Share on Facebook

    Facebook

    Tweet about this on Twitter

    Twitter

    Email this to someone

    email

    Did you like this story? Subscribe to NNS today.  

    Share on Facebook
    Facebook
    Tweet about this on Twitter
    Twitter
    Email this to someone
    email

    Related

  • Reforming criminal justice by cleaning criminal records
    Share on Facebook
    Facebook
    Tweet about this on Twitter
    Twitter
    Email this to someone
    email

    Print Friendly, PDF & Email

    Share on Facebook

    Facebook

    Tweet about this on Twitter

    Twitter

    Email this to someone

    email

    Print Friendly, PDF & Email

    FacebookTwitteremail Subscribe to NNS Daily: Leave this field empty if you’re human: shepherdexpress.com Did you like this story? Subscribe to NNS today.   FacebookTwitteremail Related

    Share on Facebook

    Facebook

    Tweet about this on Twitter

    Twitter

    Email this to someone

    email

    Did you like this story? Subscribe to NNS today.  

    Share on Facebook
    Facebook
    Tweet about this on Twitter
    Twitter
    Email this to someone
    email

    Related

  • County officials offer antidote to youth prisons
    Share on Facebook
    Facebook
    Tweet about this on Twitter
    Twitter
    Email this to someone
    email

    Print Friendly, PDF & Email

    Share on Facebook

    Facebook

    Tweet about this on Twitter

    Twitter

    Email this to someone

    email

    Print Friendly, PDF & Email

    FacebookTwitteremail Subscribe to NNS Daily: Leave this field empty if you’re human: urbanmilwaukee.com Did you like this story? Subscribe to NNS today.   FacebookTwitteremail Related

    Share on Facebook

    Facebook

    Tweet about this on Twitter

    Twitter

    Email this to someone

    email

    Did you like this story? Subscribe to NNS today.  

    Share on Facebook
    Facebook
    Tweet about this on Twitter
    Twitter
    Email this to someone
    email

    Related

  • How one couple’s love story sparked change In their community, block by block
    Share on Facebook
    Facebook
    Tweet about this on Twitter
    Twitter
    Email this to someone
    email

    Print Friendly, PDF & Email

    Share on Facebook

    Facebook

    Tweet about this on Twitter

    Twitter

    Email this to someone

    email

    Print Friendly, PDF & Email

    FacebookTwitteremail Subscribe to NNS Daily: Leave this field empty if you’re human: npr.org Did you like this story? Subscribe to NNS today.   FacebookTwitteremail Related

    Share on Facebook

    Facebook

    Tweet about this on Twitter

    Twitter

    Email this to someone

    email

    Did you like this story? Subscribe to NNS today.  

    Share on Facebook
    Facebook
    Tweet about this on Twitter
    Twitter
    Email this to someone
    email

    Related

  • Dems 2020 convention: Buzz at DNC winter meeting is it’s Milwaukee’s to lose
    Share on Facebook
    Facebook
    Tweet about this on Twitter
    Twitter
    Email this to someone
    email

    Print Friendly, PDF & Email

    Share on Facebook

    Facebook

    Tweet about this on Twitter

    Twitter

    Email this to someone

    email

    Print Friendly, PDF & Email

    FacebookTwitteremail Subscribe to NNS Daily: Leave this field empty if you’re human: chicago.suntimes.com Did you like this story? Subscribe to NNS today.   FacebookTwitteremail Related

    Share on Facebook

    Facebook

    Tweet about this on Twitter

    Twitter

    Email this to someone

    email

    Did you like this story? Subscribe to NNS today.  

    Share on Facebook
    Facebook
    Tweet about this on Twitter
    Twitter
    Email this to someone
    email

    Related

Compiled by Andrea Waxman

News

  • Arts and Recreation
  • Economic Development
  • Education
  • Health and Wellness
  • Housing
  • Public Safety
  • Special Reports
  • Multimedia
    • On The Block
    • NNS Videos
    • Photos
    • NNS on Lake Effect Radio

Engage with us

  • Posts from Community
  • Community Voices
  • Submit a Story
  • Calendar

About NNS

  • Staff
  • Partners
  • The neighborhoods we cover
  • Internship opportunities
  • Careers
  • Terms of use
  • Advertise

Connect with us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS feed

Communities

Contact

mailing address
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Diederich College of Communication
Marquette University
1131 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Johnston Hall 430
Milwaukee, WI 53233

email
info@milwaukeenns.org

phone & fax
PHONE: 414.604.6397 FAX: 414.288.6494

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service is a project of Diederich College of Communication and Marquette University.
© 2019 Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. Terms of use.
1131 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee WI 53233 • info@milwaukeenns.org

Copyright © 2019 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in