Holiday Art Sale and Fundraiser
Visual artist Evelyn Patricia Terry is hosting a special once a year open studio event. The Holiday Art Sale and Fundraiser at Lincoln Center for the Arts runs for three days as follows: Thursday, November 30, 4-8 p.m., Friday, December 1, 4-8 p.m., and Saturday, December 2, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The location is 820 East Knapp Street.
A portion of the sales will go toward the Lincoln Center for the Arts’ annual yearbook. Additionally, there will be a special section of creations for children. The work of guest artists Blanche Brown, George Ray McCormick Sr., Ras Ammar Nsoroma, Della Wells and writer Fonde Bridges will also be featured. Shop early so that you can take advantage of bargains.
This day in Black History
In 1758--England John Wesley baptisted the first two known Black converts to the Methodism movement.
In 1790--Lemuel Haynes, Revolutionary War veteran, licensed to preach to the Congregational Church. After the winter of Valley Forge, Black slaves and free men were welcomed into the American Army. There were Black soldiers in the Revolutionary army from all of the original 13 colonies. Most of the estimated five thousand Black soldiers fought in integrated units. Black soldiers were in the front lines in most of the big battles of the war.
In 1955--Alice Childress becomes the first African American woman to receive an Obie Award for her play, "Trouble in Mind."
In 1961--Freedom Riders attacked by White mob at bus station in mccomb, Mississippi, November 29-December 2.
Veto override ensures city budget
The Milwaukee Common Council’s vote Wednesday afternoon to override Mayor Tom Barrett’s veto of a key item in the 2007 city budget shows its solidarity in efforts to maintain strong public safety services and to build on econmic development initiatives that are helping to create thousands of jobs, Common Council President Willie L. Hines, Jr. said.
The Council voted 11-3 (with one alderman absent) to reject the mayor’s veto of its 14-1 vote to reduce staffing for five of the city’s 16 ladder companies from five firefighters to four. The mayor sought to reduce staffing levels for eight (half) of the ladder companies. The veto was the only one issued by the mayor in 2007 city budget.
