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Black and Jewish entertainment professionals sign unity statement

February 1, 2021

More than 170 Black and Jewish entertainment industry professionals have signed a unity statement with the goal of improving relations between Blacks and Jews while countering racism and antisemitism in the entertainment community.

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Madeleine L’Engle’s Private Correspondence With Ahmad Rahman

January 29, 2021

When Ron Irwin and Madeleine L’Engle became pen pals, neither knew how their correspondence would change both of their lives.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Black Lives Matter movement nominated for Nobel peace prize

January 29, 2021

The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel peace prize for the way it calls for systemic change has spread around the world. In his nomination papers, the Norwegian MP Petter Eide said the movement had forced countries outside the US to grapple with racism within their own societies.

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Which Direction Now, White Folks?

January 28, 2021

The Biden administration has the task of uniting a culturally divided America, half of which has no interest in unity.

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Biden’s VA Must Have More Black Veterans In Leadership Roles To Address ‘Inequalities,’ Open Letter Urges

January 27, 2021

Veterans demand representation and equality for their incredible sacrifice for a country that doesn’t always serve them in return. An open letter highlights the injustices that Black veterans still face today.

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President Biden Reviving Effort To Put Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill

January 25, 2021
Man holding a big Harriet Tubman $20 dollar bill

The Biden Administration has reignited the plan to put Harriet Tubman, famed abolitionist, on the twenty-dollar bill.

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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Fatal Police Shootings Of Unarmed Black People Reveal Troubling Patterns

January 25, 2021

Since 2015, police officers have fatally shot at least 135 unarmed Black men and women nationwide, an NPR investigation has found.

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Old World Third Street likely to become Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive with unanimous Milwaukee Common Council support

January 22, 2021
North Old World Third Street sidewalk view

Old World 3rd St. in Milwaukee, from W. McKinley Ave. to W. Wisconsin Ave. in Milwaukee’s downtown, would finally be renamed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

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Biden Revokes Trump’s 1776 Report That Downplayed Slavery

January 21, 2021

President Biden removes inaccurate history lessons from education systems. Furthering the push for The United States to move towards an honest understanding of American History, in order for all of its’ residents to flourish.

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Women of Color Were Shut Out of Congress For Decades. Now They’re Transforming It.

January 18, 2021

Black families, especially mothers, are struggling economically with the CoVid-19 pandemic.

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10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday - Saturday
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Sunday - Monday
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* 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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