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2-7-07

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Are you an irrelevant Negro?

"The hardest task for a Black minister today is to give a eulogy for an irrelevant Negro." Read more

I-Witness

Milwaukee’s Number One Community Column

"Droppin' It Like It's

(Photo at left) The People’s Champ Kwabena Nixon recently captivated the audience at Finesse, during the nightclub’s grand opening. (photos by B. White)

by B. White
Holla!

(Twenty-nine thousand, five hundred) 29,500 down 215,500 to go, I-Witness touching Black people all over the city of Milwaukee, and the world one event at a time. Read more

Inside This Issue

I-Witness
has her finger on the pulse of what’s happening in your community

Kaleidoscope
Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph’s one-woman show highlights the impact of AIDS on Black women

WEEKEND Edition 2-9-07

Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Black and Hispanic Caucus take the oath of office from state Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler during a community inauguration celebration held at Mardi Gras Restaurant, 7926 West Capitol Drive. The event was also a celebration of Representative Annette Polly Williams’ (far left) 70th birthday.

Representative Barbara Toles elected chair of Legislative Black and Hispanic Caucus

Madison--State Representative Barbara Toles (D-Milwaukee) was elected Chair of the Wisconsin Legislature’s Black and Hispanic Caucus during balloting February 1. "I am humbled Read more

For the Sake of Aaron
Celebrating Our Black Men

"Men for All Seasons" by Charles Bibbs

Charles (Butch) Walton

by Patricia O’Flynn Pattillo
Many of us speak of Milwaukee’s past with frozen images of youthful exuberance. Good neighbors, the village of adults who ministered to needs regardless of parentage, are the joys of a sweeter Milwaukee. Read More

Supervisors, aldermen call for rejection of rail proposal

Say measure doesn’t include funding for existing county transit

by Barbara White
In a rare show of unity between two governmental entities, Milwaukee County Board Chairman Lee Holloway and Milwaukee Common Council President Willie Hines came together Tuesday to call on Mayor Tom Barrett and County Executive Scott Walker to reject any commuter rail proposal that does not include funding for existing mass transit in Milwaukee County. Read more

Vel Phillips upset her name, image being used without permission by recall leader

Vel Phillips

Vel Phillips, Milwaukee’s first African American and woman alderman and a political icon, is outraged that the leader of a petition drive to recall Michael McGee, Jr. from his aldermanic seat is using Phillips’ likeness in her campaign material. Read more