Click on the cover page image below to view or download the full paper PDF Link to image file↗ This issue features: County Executive David Crowley hosts public safety roundtable; Protest in Milwaukee Over Minneapolis Shooting, Milwaukee aldermen seek tougher penalties for negligent landlords; MPS faces tough decisions in 2026–27 budget; Frank James: Believe and … [Read more...] about Milwaukee Times Digital Edition Issue January 29, 2026
Black History
Milwaukee Times Digital Edition Issue January 22, 2026
Click on the cover page image below to view or download the full paper PDF Link to image file↗ This issue features: Celebrating the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Sentry closure; MPS receives final $8 million from state; Marquette University men’s basketball team visit with MACL students; celebrating Kwanzaa’s fifth principle, Nia (Purpose); plus our … [Read more...] about Milwaukee Times Digital Edition Issue January 22, 2026
Milwaukee Times Digital Edition Issue January 15, 2026
Click on the cover page image below to view or download the full paper PDF Link to image file↗ This issue features: Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; 'Lil' Jeannetta Robinson Gifts of Love' program; Aldi closure; John Forté passes at 50; T.K. Carter passes at 69; Mindful Mondays MKE hosts Veterans' Day event; sisters Janice and Sheila Pugh celebrate joint … [Read more...] about Milwaukee Times Digital Edition Issue January 15, 2026
This Week In Black History – July 24, 2025
July 24, 1807 – Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge, was born in New York City. July 25, 1916 – Garrett Morgan, inventor of the gas mask, rescued six people from a gas-filled tunnel in Cleveland, OH. July 26, 1948 – President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981, ending segregation in the U.S. armed forces. July 27, 1880 – Alexander P. Ashbourne patented … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – July 24, 2025
This Week In Black History – July 10, 2025
July 10, 1875 – Educator Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of Bethune-Cookman College, was born. July 11, 1905 – W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter organized the Niagara Movement, which demanded abolition of all race distinctions. July 12, 1949 – Frederick M. Jones patented the air-conditioning unit used in food transportation vehicles. July 13, 1965 – Thurgood … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – July 10, 2025
This Week In Black History – July 3, 2025
July 3, 1688 – The Quakers in Germantown, PA, made the first formal protest against slavery. July 4, 1900 – Trumpeter Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, jazz pioneer, born. July 5, 1892 – Andrew J. Beard patented the rotary engine. July 6, 1957 – Althea Gibson won women’s singles title at Wimbledon, becoming first African American to win tennis’s most prestigious award. … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – July 3, 2025
This Week In Black History – June 26, 2025
June 26, 1975 – Samuel Blanton Rosser became the first African American certified in pediatric surgery. June 27, 1991 – Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall announced his retirement. June 28, 1864 – Fugitive slave laws were repealed by Congress. June 29 1886 – Photographer James Van Der Zee was born. June 30, 1921 – Charles S. Gilping awarded the Spingarn … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – June 26, 2025
This Week In Black History – June 19, 2025
June 19, 1865 – Blacks in Texas were notified of Emancipation Proclamation, issued in 1863. “Juneteenth,” marks the event. June 20, 1953 – Albert W. Dent of Dillard Universaity was elected president of the National Health Council. June 21, 1945 – Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., became first African American to command a U.S. Army Air Corps base. June 22, 1897 – … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – June 19, 2025
This Week In Black History – June 12, 2025
June 12, 1963 – Medgar W. Evers, civil rights leader, was assassinated in Jackson, MS. June 13, 1967 – Thurgood Marshall nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Lyndon B. Johnson. June 14, 1864 – Congress ruled that African American soldiers must receive equal pay. June 15, 1913 – Dr. Effie O’Neal, first black woman to hold an executive position in the … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – June 12, 2025
This Week In Black History – June 6, 2025
June 5, 1987 – Dr. Mae C. Jemison became the first black female astronaut. June 6, 1831 – First annual “People of Color” convention held in Philadelphia. June 7, 1917 – Poetess Gwendolyn Brooks, first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry (in 1950), was born. June 8, 1953 – Supreme Court ruling banned discrimination in Washington, DC restaurants. … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – June 6, 2025