NNS deputy editor Adam Carr joins Joy Powers of WUWM for our monthly spot with “Lake Effect,” where he discusses events in March connected to Milwaukee’s North and South Side neighborhoods.
Read the winning entries from the inaugural Rosa Parks Tribute Scholarship essay contest
The Milwaukee County Transit System sponsored the first-ever Rosa Parks Tribute Scholarship essay contest, asking high school students to respond to the Parks quote, “Each person must live their life as a model for others.’’ We’ve collected the three winning essays by MPS high school seniors.
From the NNS archives for Black History Month: A bus tour made Black Milwaukee’s history come alive for me
For Black History Month, we looked through our archives to find articles, op-eds and personal essays that deserve to be revisited. That includes Sarah Noble reflecting on a bus tour she organized tracing Milwaukee’s civil rights history in parallel with her personal story.
From the NNS archives for Black History Month: Why I spend every February sharing Black history
For Black History Month, we looked through our archives to find articles, op-eds and personal essays that deserve to be revisited. That includes this op-ed from Municipal Court Judge Derek Mosley reflecting on the personal significance of his longstanding commitment to sharing history throughout Black History Month.
PHOTOS: Local youth create artwork inspired by Black History Month
Young artists honor their heroes and Black History Month with artwork for a contest sponsored by UScellular and the Boys & Girls Clubs. Voting is open until the month’s end.
From the NNS archives for Black History Month: How ‘reforms’ expand our racially unjust ‘criminal justice’ system
For Black History Month, we looked through our archives to find articles, op-eds and personal essays that deserve to be revisited. That includes this piece written by Dr. Rob Smith and Barbara Miner discussing how the criminalization of Black people remains remarkably resilient.
OPINION: Local Black history every Milwaukeean should know
Rick Banks, Annia Leonard and Dom Portis pay tribute to Milwaukee’s rich Black history, sharing people, places and projects they want you to know about.
From the NNS archives for Black History Month: An open letter to white America from an angry Black woman with a bone to pick
For Black History Month, we looked through our archives to find articles, op-eds and personal essays that deserve to be revisited. That includes a reflection from Michaela Lacy from this past summer, reflecting on the legacy of her late uncle, Ernest Lacy.
From the NNS archives for Black History Month: Milwaukee’s long, powerful history of Black and brown protest
For Black History Month, we looked through our archives to find articles, op-eds and personal essays that deserve to be revisited. That includes this history lesson from Antonio Ramirez on solidarity in Milwaukee’s legacy of protest.
From the NNS archives for Black History Month: The Long March to Freedom
For Black History Month, we looked through our archives to find articles, op-eds and personal essays that deserve to be revisited. That includes this special project looking at the legacy of Milwaukee’s Open Housing Marches 50 years later.
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