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31March
Wisconsin Black Art & Culture Expo 2024
Numerous locations31MarchDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art31March8:00 AM - 12:00 AMDesere Mayo: History Through Art
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01April
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Haggerty Museum of Art01AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
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02April
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Haggerty Museum of Art02AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library -
03April
2024 National Forum For Black Public Administrators
Sagamore Pendry03AprilDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art03AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library -
04April
2024 National Forum For Black Public Administrators
Sagamore Pendry04AprilDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art04AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library -
05April
2024 National Forum For Black Public Administrators
Sagamore Pendry05AprilDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art05AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library05April2:30 PM - 12:00 AMBRONZEVILLE: The Musical
Studebaker Theater Performing Arts Center -
06April
2024 National Forum For Black Public Administrators
Sagamore Pendry06AprilDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art06AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library06AprilAll DayBRONZEVILLE: The Musical
Studebaker Theater Performing Arts Center -
07April
2024 National Forum For Black Public Administrators
Sagamore Pendry07AprilDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art07AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library07AprilAll DayBRONZEVILLE: The Musical
Studebaker Theater Performing Arts Center -
08April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art08April8:00 AM - 12:00 AMExhibit — Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee
Golda Meir Upper Campus08AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library08AprilAll DayBRONZEVILLE: The Musical
Studebaker Theater Performing Arts Center -
09April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art09AprilAll DayExhibit — Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee
Golda Meir Upper Campus09AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library09AprilAll DayBRONZEVILLE: The Musical
Studebaker Theater Performing Arts Center -
10April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art10AprilAll DayExhibit — Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee
Golda Meir Upper Campus10AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library10AprilAll DayBRONZEVILLE: The Musical
Studebaker Theater Performing Arts Center -
11April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art11AprilAll DayExhibit — Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee
Golda Meir Upper Campus11AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library11AprilAll DayBRONZEVILLE: The Musical
Studebaker Theater Performing Arts Center11April5:00 PM - 8:00 PMFarmers Bank Foundation Distinguished Speaker Series – Featuring Sugar Ray Leonard
Hilton Garden Inn Texarkana Convention Center -
12April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art12AprilAll DayExhibit — Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee
Golda Meir Upper Campus12AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library12AprilAll DayBRONZEVILLE: The Musical
Studebaker Theater Performing Arts Center -
13April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art13AprilAll DayExhibit — Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee
Golda Meir Upper Campus13AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library13AprilAll DayBRONZEVILLE: The Musical
Studebaker Theater Performing Arts Center -
14April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art14AprilAll DayExhibit — Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee
Golda Meir Upper Campus14AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library14April12:00 AM - 7:15 PMBRONZEVILLE: The Musical
Studebaker Theater Performing Arts Center -
15April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art15AprilAll DayExhibit — Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee
Golda Meir Upper Campus15AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library -
16April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art16AprilAll DayExhibit — Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee
Golda Meir Upper Campus16AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library -
17April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art17AprilAll DayExhibit — Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee
Golda Meir Upper Campus17AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library17April3:30 PMAll Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Times Cinema17April6:00 PM“Nina Simone: Four Women” & Divine 9 / Black Professionals
Patty & Jay Baker Theater Complex -
18April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art18April12:00 AM - 5:00 PMExhibit — Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee
Golda Meir Upper Campus18AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library -
19April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art19AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library -
20April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art20AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library20April8:00 AM - 6:00 PMBLACK ARTS FESTIVAL
Ames Public Library20April11:00 AM - 12:30 PMCommunity Breastfeeding Gathering: In-Person
Sojourner Family Peace Center20April7:00 PM - 12:00 AMHOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
Broadway Playhouse Chicago20April8:00 PMAll Dirt Roads Taste of Salt: 2nd Screening
Times Cinema -
21April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art21AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library21April8:00 AM - 6:00 PMGideon Alorwoyie and the Afrikania Cultural Troupe
Michigan State University, Large Rehearsal Hall21AprilAll DayHOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
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22April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art22AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library22AprilAll DayHOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
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23April7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Midland Center for the Arts23AprilDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art23AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library23AprilAll DayHOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
Broadway Playhouse Chicago -
24April
DYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art24AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library24AprilAll DayHOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
Broadway Playhouse Chicago -
25April
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Fair Ground Race Course, New Orleans25AprilDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art25AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library25April3:30 PMAll Dirt Roads Taste of Salt: Final Screening
Downer Theatre25April6:00 PMABHM Book Club: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Virtual Event25April6:15 PM - 7:15 PMLecture: “Black Men in Red: 19th-Century Models in Color”
Milwaukee Art Museum25AprilAll DayHOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
Broadway Playhouse Chicago -
26April
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Fair Ground Race Course, New Orleans26AprilDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art26AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library26AprilAll DayHOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
Broadway Playhouse Chicago -
27April
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Fair Ground Race Course, New Orleans27AprilDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art27AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library27April12:00 PMDrop-In Tour at ABHM
ABHM in Milwaukee, WI27AprilAll DayHOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
Broadway Playhouse Chicago -
28April
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Fair Ground Race Course, New Orleans28AprilDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art28AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library28AprilAll DayHOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
Broadway Playhouse Chicago -
29April
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Fair Ground Race Course, New Orleans29AprilDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art29AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library29AprilAll DayHOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
Broadway Playhouse Chicago -
30April
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Fair Ground Race Course, New Orleans30AprilDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art30AprilAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library30AprilAll DayHOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
Broadway Playhouse Chicago -
01May
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Fair Ground Race Course, New Orleans01MayDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art01MayAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library01May6:00 PMHistory of Black Milwaukee Presented by John Gurda
ABHM in Milwaukee, WI01MayAll DayHOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
Broadway Playhouse Chicago -
02May
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Fair Ground Race Course, New Orleans02MayDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art02MayAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library02MayAll DayHOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
Broadway Playhouse Chicago -
03May
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Fair Ground Race Course, New Orleans03MayDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art03MayAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library03MayABHM’s Jr Griot Program! Applications Due May 3rd
Virtual Event03MayAll DayHOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
Broadway Playhouse Chicago -
04May
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Fair Ground Race Course, New Orleans04MayDYNAMIC RANGE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL TENNESSEN
Haggerty Museum of Art04MayAll DayDesere Mayo: History Through Art
Meadowridge Library04May9:00 AM - 2:00 PMBlack Men in White Coats Youth Summit: Milwaukee
Golda Meir Upper Campus04May2:00 PM - 3:30 PMCelebrating Black Composers Concert with the SPCO
Minnesota History Center04MayAll DayHOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
Broadway Playhouse Chicago
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White supremacy is the belief that white people are better than those of other races, making it a type of racism. It also includes actions that prevent other races from gaining power, which is known as white privilege, preserving that power for white people. The basis of white supremacy is the former erroneous belief that significant biological differences existed between people of different races. Although this belief focused heavily on the so-called Black inferiority in and around the slavery era, white supremacy historically and currently oppresses people of many races around the globe, especially indigenous peoples. Furthermore, definitions of who qualifies as white can vary.
This type of racism paved the way for racist hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), the attempt by the self-named Confederate States of America to secede from the Union, and various race riots or massacres, including that in Greenwood, Oklahoma. White supremacy has also been solidified in American legislature through laws such as those preventing Black people from owning property, voting, holding office, and marrying (either at all or those of other races). In the 20th century, Jim Crow laws, which forced racial segregation, upheld the ideology of white supremacy. While laws have changed, institutions and individuals can still promote white supremacy up to and including racist violence.
This idea is closely related to white nationalism, in which being white becomes an identity. Supporters of white nationalism may endorse overthrowing the government to uphold their power. Overlap also exists between white supremacy and racist skinheads who discriminate against Jewish people. Some Christian beliefs and doctrines also align with white supremacy. White (male) supremacy can play a role in domestic terrorism incidents such as shootings like the one in Buffalo, New York.
While Donald Trump was president, this movement gained popularity, with as many as 600 groups currently existing in the United States, members of which typically supported Trump.
Although there is disagreement about how we can dismantle white supremacy, some white supremacists eventually see the error of their ways.
All of our articles, exhibits, and events about white supremacy can be found in the archive below.
Arno Michaels grew up as a gifted child of privilege. In his teens he became a white-power extremist, a leader of skinheads. Today he is an international activist for peace, justice, and basic human kindness. Read his story and watch a video about his transformation and redemption.
Read MoreHow the first African American voters started out with the Republican Party – and how most ended up voting with the Democratic Party today.
Read MoreKaren Branan returns to her ancestral home in Georgia to discover the truth behind the lynching of three black men and a black woman in 1912 – including the complicity of her family. She tells the story in a new book, The Family Tree.
Read MoreFrom about 1900 to 1965, most African Americans were not allowed to vote in the South. White people in power used many methods to keep black people from voting. Some of these methods also prevented poor white people from voting. Today there are still laws and customs that make it harder for African Americans, other minorities, and some whites to vote.
Read MoreA sundown town is a community that for decades kept non-whites from living in it and was thus “all-white” on purpose. Sundown towns are rare in the South but common in the rest of the country. Learn why sundown cities, towns, suburbs, and neighborhoods developed–and how they continue to shape the lives and relationships of black and white Americans today.
Read MoreThis exhibit features a video along with many links to resources that can help you better understand the phenomenon of lynchings. The video give a brief but very complete explanation of how and why racial terror lynchings took place and how they set the stage for current racial injustices.
Read MoreThe police chief of Lagrange, Georgia, along with the city’s mayor and the white business community, issued an apology to the Callaway family and the NAACP for the 1940 lynching of teenaged Austin Callaway. A commemorative ceremony and memorial plaque will be placed to honor Callaway and other victims of lynchings in the county.
Read MoreIn 2006, ABHM brought the traveling exhibit “Hateful Things” from the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia. Two Milwaukee teens made this excellent short video about the exhibit and what they learned from it. In this exhibit you can see racist memorabilia and visit the Jim Crow Museum.
Read MoreOn a hot August night in 1930, 15,000 people flooded into the small Indiana town of Marion to see a great spectacle. Three black teenagers were being lynched for supposedly raping a white woman and killing a white man. The boys were savagely beaten by a mob of men, women and children. One by one they were hanged. Two died – but with the rope already tightening around his neck, one boy was saved.
The souvenir photo taken of this “spectacle lynching” is very well-known. They say it inspired the song “Strange Fruit,” written by teacher Abel Meeropol and made popular by singer Billie Holiday.
Read MoreLaunched online in December 2011, this is, we believe, the first memorial to remember the many victims of lynching in the United States. Here we gather their life stories, say their names, and note where and when these thousands of men, women and children were terrorized and murdered.
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