Walking Tour: Stories of Strength – Honoring Black Milwaukeeans

Stories Of Strength-WalkingTour

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.

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Midwest Nice Apartheid with Reggie Jackson

Join award-winning local historian Reggie Jackson, author of the upcoming book Midwest Nice Apartheid, for a 4-part series on Milwaukee’s history of segregation and its ongoing impact on housing, education, and equity. Presented by the Milwaukee Public Library and America’s Black Holocaust Museum.

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Celebrating 15 Years of Doors Open Milwaukee

ABHM will be open and free to the public as part of Doors Open Milwaukee on September 27th from 10 AM to 3 PM. This citywide event is a public celebration of Milwaukee’s neighborhoods, architecture and history.

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