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This Week In Black History – April 11, 2024

April 11, 1966 – Emmett Ashford became first black umpire in the Major Leagues Baseball. April 12, 1983 – Harold Washington became first African American mayor of Chicago. April 13, 1950 – Historian Carter G. Woodson, author of The Miseducation of the Negro, died. April 14, 1775 – First abolitionist society in U.S. was founded in Philadelphia. April 15, 1964 – … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – April 11, 2024

Horicon Bank deposits $250,000 in Columbia Savings & Loan, Wisconsin’s only black-owned bank

Horicon Bank commemorated the legacy of Ardie and Wilbur Halyard during Women’s History Month, recognizing their pioneering efforts in empowering African American families with generational wealth through homeownership a century ago by founding Columbia Savings & Loan Association (CSL) during a celebration on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 attended by area community and business … [Read more...] about Horicon Bank deposits $250,000 in Columbia Savings & Loan, Wisconsin’s only black-owned bank

A Parrish family legacy

Atty. Sheila Parrish-Spence has been sworn in as a Milwaukee County Supplemental Court Commissioner by the Honorable Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Ana Berrios-Schroeder. Atty. Parrish-Spence continues the family legacy of her father, the late Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Clarence Parrish. He was the first black lawyer in Milwaukee County to win an election – it … [Read more...] about A Parrish family legacy

CIVIC MUSIC MKE honors two MHSA singers as Young Artist scholarship winners

Some songs demand more of their singers. Consider: • A song in German written by Richard Strauss in 1885 that’s an outpouring of longing. • A Langston Hughes poem set to music that reveals a hidden sadness. • An operatic aria in Italian by Handel that mines the pain of separation. • A 1905 song ultimately about human connection, in a brisk delivery that also … [Read more...] about CIVIC MUSIC MKE honors two MHSA singers as Young Artist scholarship winners

Seven reasons why you can’t sleep

By: Aaron Stevenson for Snoozeez.com Are you suffering from insomnia? Do you find yourself tossing and turning at night trying to fall asleep? Or perhaps you fall asleep easily only to wake up hours before your alarm is set to go off. Whether you experience a sleepless night occasionally or almost every night, it is not normal. Sleep is one of the most important factors in … [Read more...] about Seven reasons why you can’t sleep

Nine smart ways to spend your tax refund

How to spend the money mindfully Receiving a large tax refund can feel like you won the lottery. For many of us, it’s the biggest paycheck we receive all year. That’s a lot of “extra” money at our disposal. In fact, about 3 in 4 Americans receive a tax refund each year with the average federal tax refund being $3,200 in 2022. Residents in Wyoming get the biggest tax refunds, … [Read more...] about Nine smart ways to spend your tax refund

This Week In Black History – April 4, 2024

April 4, 1968 – Martin Luther King assassinated. April 5, 1951 – Washington, D.C. Municipal Court of Appeals outlawed segregation in restaurants. April 6, 1909 – Matthew A. Henson reaches the North Pole, 45 minutes before Commandeer Peary. April 7, 1885 – Granville T. Woods patents an apparatus for transmission of messages by electricity. April 8, 1974 – Atlanta … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – April 4, 2024