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10-17-07

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I-Witness

Milwaukee’s Number One Community Column

"Droppin' It Like It's

by B. White
Holla!
One hundred twenty-three thousand, five hundred (123,500) down 117,500 to go, I-Witness touching Black people all over the city of Milwaukee, and the world one event at a time.
Black People are the First Wonder of the World--

“Until the Lion writes his own story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”
--African proverb ---

Thoughts for the Week

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished and that will be the beginning... Read more

Inside This Issue

Perspectives

Come on People... No, Come on Cosby!

I-Witness

Witnesses a miracle at Fatherhood Summit

WEEKEND Edition 9-14-07

“Hanging man” removed from Halloween display

by Thomas E. Mitchell,Jr.

The effigy of a Black man hanging from a tree in front of a far south side home raised the ire of a number of individuals who saw the racist display while traveling through the area. Read more

Our Women,

Our Treasures,

Our Jewels

"Sunday Morning Prayer" by Charles Bibbs ©

Deidra Brooks

by Kia Marie Green
Her response never changed.
When asked by her mother what she wanted to be when she grew up, the young Deidra Brooks would always say the same thing: "I want to be a star!" Though she never deviated from her daily affirmations, proclaiming stardom, she never in her wildest dreams imagined that one day she really would be a star ... on Broadway performing in “The Color Purple,” alongside 2004’s American Idol, Fantasia. Read more

MCJ staffers’ action leads to arrest of prankster

The journalistic expertise of a Community Journal reporter provided the Milwaukee Police Department with essential evidence needed to arrest a White West Allis man Thursday who had threaten to blow up central city gas stations if Alderman Michael McGee was not released from jail. Read more

Gift launches new scholarship fund