Skip to content
  • Resources
Click for new, virtual gallery: Risking Everything

ABHM

America's Black Holocaust Museum

Bringing Our History to Light

  • About
  • Visit
  • Exhibit Galleries
    • Self-Guided Tours
  • Breaking News
  • Events
  • Contribute
  • Contact

Explore Related Topics

Activism activists America's Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) American history anti-Black violence Black Arts and Culture Black Athletes Black Children Black Lives Matter (BLM) Black Students Black Women Civil Rights Donald Trump Education Entertainment Health Disparities Lynching Milwaukee Movies Music police Police Violence politics Protests Racism Remembrance Representation Slavery Trailblazers White Supremacy


More Breaking News

  • ‘The Ancestors Were Speaking’: My Pilgrimage to Ghana
  • Amid attacks on DEI, a US nonprofit offers reparations, education and healing: ‘We’re looking to fill the gap’
  • How one father developed a doula program for dads
  • PPFA Patient: Women’s Health Care Hangs in the Balance
  • ‘A dog cemetery would not be treated like this’: the fight to preserve Black burial grounds in the US

Share this page

Posts Tagged ‘Martin Luther King Jr.’

Progressive Brandon Johnson wins Chicago mayor’s race

April 5, 2023

Brandon Johnson has won the Mayoral race in Chicago running on a platform of addressing racial and economic disparities.

Read More

‘I Have a Dream’ is MLK’s most radical speech — not because of what he said then, but because of how America has changed since

January 16, 2023
Dr. King in front of a crowd

Dr. King spoke passionately about integration, a radical idea that has yet to be fully achieved and still disturbs some people.

Read More

On King’s holiday, daughter calls for bold action over words

January 16, 2023
A crowd at the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial

Rev. Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., spoke to a crowd about the lack of progress made by the civil rights movement.

Read More

Boston unveils new sculpture honoring Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King

January 13, 2023
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. hugs his wife Coretta

The city of Boston has recently revealed a new statue depicting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King.

Read More

ABHM Book Club Presents: The Three Mothers

December 1, 2022
The Three Mothers

In honor of the upcoming MLK Day, we have selected a book that covers the 60’s Civil Rights Movement from a perspective of the mothers of Dr. MLK Jr., James Baldwin, and Malcolm X.

Read More

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter Analyzing ‘Debilitating Racist’ N-Word Is Being Auctioned Off

July 8, 2022
Martin Luther King writes

A historic letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. to William A. Bennett about the n-word’s meaning and usage is available for purchase

Read More

Most Black Americans Remain Left Behind by Economic Progress 54 Years after Dr. King’s Assassination

April 4, 2022

While civil rights have progressed in the 54 years since Dr. King’s life was cut short, the progress sometimes seems unbearably slow.

Read More

Poor People’s Campaign holds multi-state rallies calling for the end of US poverty

March 15, 2022

The Poor Peoples Campaign addresses government inaction despite a staggering number of Americans experiencing poverty. Barber added that the rallies and the upcoming march on Washington will put front and center a Third Reconstruction agenda, also known as House Resolution 438, which has aims of addressing poverty and low wages from bottom up.

Read More

Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up bus seat, seeks to expunge record

October 26, 2021

Colvin’s legal team told CNN it plans to file paperwork to have the now-82-year-old woman’s 1955 arrest record cleared.

Read More

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.

Read More
« Newer Posts
Older Posts »

ABHM On-Line
virtual.museum@abhmuseum.org

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

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. 

Member of

AAAMLogo(Secondary_withPattern) 500x124
International
  • Resources
  • Contribute
  • Contact

© 2024 – All Rights Reserved.