Celebrate Juneteenth in Milwaukee with food, community and fun at this historic festival. Celebrate Juneteenth in Milwaukee! The festival, hosted by Northcott Neighborhood House, honors freedom and ...
Henry Griswold Comstock (pictured left) was known as the "Celery King of Milwaukee" in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Celery is green, crunchy and flavorful. But did you know it also has a history in ...
Naming “the best” dive bar in Milwaukee is an impossible task. Even listing five of them isn’t easy. In a city with as much history as ours — and the longstanding drinking culture to go with it — ...
In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming The American Revolution with some apprehension, ...
In his latest series, Ken Burns, veteran of renowned documentaries on the Civil and Vietnam wars, tells the story of the ordinary men and women who took on the mighty British Empire to found a new ...
Cory McCants is back to uncover the often-untold history of the Haudenosaunee and their fight. Think you know the American Revolution? Think again. Cory McCants is back to uncover the often-untold ...
What do you think you know about the American Revolution? Nearly 250 years later, as we continue to debate what the Founders intended, we may find at times that we’ve been led astray by legend, ...
Most of Milwaukee County's racially restrictive housing covenants were put in place in the 1920s, a time when few Black people lived there. By the 1930s, there were three times as many racial ...
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Lamar Wilkerson poured in 24 points, Tayton Conerway added 21, and Indiana Hoosiers overpowered Milwaukee 101-70 on Wednesday night. The finish marked Indiana’s second straight ...
DALLAS (AP) Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 15 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter and Ryan Rollins put Milwaukee ahead for good with a driving layup with 17.9 seconds left as the Milwaukee Bucks ...
Documents collected and analyzed by UW-Milwaukee geography Professor Anne Bonds show examples of racial covenants in Milwaukee, one for a residential subdivision and another for a cemetary. (Wisconsin ...