Posts Tagged ‘Black Milwaukeeans’

Explore Milwaukee’s rich Black history on the “Stories of Strength” walking tour, presented by the Forest Home Historic Preservation Association. The tour highlights influential figures such as Susanna & Sully Watson, early settlers and entrepreneurs; Matilda & Louis Hughes, co-founders of St. Mark AME Church; Catherine & Ezekiel Gillespie, voting rights advocates; George Marshall Clark, a barber and lynching victim; and Ardie & Wilbur Halyard, founders of Columbia Savings & Loan.