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For a Distinctive Black Culture, a Rerouted Parade Feels Like Erasure

November 8, 2025
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Gullah Geechee residents see how changing the parade route is just one more example of the racial tensions they experience in the town.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear case about race-based college scholarships

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If grants for students of certain groups can continue, they can help marginalized and disavantaged students make college a reality.

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A State Just Made Child Care Free. Here’s Why it Matters

November 6, 2025

New Mexico’s universal child care program could be a blueprint for the rest of the nation, bringing much-needed relief to working families.

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Congressman Meeks chastises president for threatened invasion of Nigeria

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Congressman Meeks, who formerly chaired the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, schooled the president on his ignorance about the African nation.

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The City Where the Summer of 2020 Never Really Ended

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They were promised a lifeline to ‘graduate’ from poverty. Then it was taken away

November 2, 2025
A Ugandan boy sitting in front of a mural

Refugees from South Sudan continue to travel to the settlement, located around 30 miles over the border, which already houses around 100,00.

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The Southern US county honouring its dark past

October 31, 2025
Three raised stones with metallic plaques depicting names of slaves

Arlington, Virginia, is one city where visitors can see plaques dedicated to those enslaved whose impact can still be felt.

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The Real Monsters Are in Washington, Not Haunted Houses

October 31, 2025

LaTricea D. Adams of Young, Gifted & Green says the real horror we face is the gutting of climate protections.

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In historic move, MFA Boston returns works by 19th-century enslaved artist David Drake to his heirs

October 29, 2025
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston at night

The family has sold one of the pieces of pottery to the museum and will allow MFA Boston to continue to show the other for at least two years.

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Following Trump guidance, words like ‘equity’ and ‘access’ have quietly been cut at Wisconsin tech colleges

October 29, 2025
Moraine Park Technical College

Positions and departments that helped marginalized students feel welcome have been renamed or dissolved to abide by federal guidelines.

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ABHM On-Line
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ABHM On-Site  
401 W. North Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212  USA
Phone: (414) 209-3640
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ABHM Hours of Operation

Tuesday - Thursday
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday - Saturday
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Sunday - Monday
Closed

* For the safety of our guests and staff members, please reschedule your visit if you are not feeling well. Mask-wearing is not required but is welcomed.

ABHM builds public awareness of the harmful legacies of slavery and Jim Crow in America and promotes racial repair, reconciliation, and healing. 

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