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Frontline “soldier artists” from Ukraine perform a cultural concert of gratitude for Milwaukee

Wisconsin Ukrainians hosted a special concert for the Milwaukee community on June 15, performed by frontline Ukrainian soldiers as part of the “Music Tour of Gratitude to America,” an...

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Exclusive: 360° view of skydive at 2,000 feet over Milwaukee with precision landing

360° video, also known as immersive video, records a view in every direction at the same time. In the same sense of VR, a viewer can turn the camera to watch different views in realtime. A 360° video camera was mounted to the helmet of a member of the U.S. Army Golden...

Video: Army’s elite parachute demonstration team descends over lakefront

Not all participants in the 2018 Milwaukee Air & Water Show had wings. Known as the Golden Knights, members of the elite United States Army Parachute Demonstration Team preformed a jump over Milwaukee’s lakefront on July 21. Originally scheduled to perform five...

An underwater experience from the inaugural Lake Michigan Classic Dive Rally

Discovery World hosted the first Milwaukee Classic Dive Rally between its south dock and Lakeshore Park from July 13 to 15, attracting dozens of divers and hundreds of spectators. For the dive rally, a group of highly-skilled and certified commercial divers and...

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Reggie Jackson: What I learned from a lynching survivor about anger

In this talk, Reggie Jackson shares what he has learned about dealing with anger in a positive way from his mentor, Dr. James Cameron, the only known lynching survivor and founder of America’s Black Holocaust Museum. TEDx UW-Milwaukee Bio: Reggie Jackson | What...

Audio: A Milwaukee connection to China-Burma-India during WWII

Steve Schaffer, Assistant Archivist at the Milwaukee County Historical Society (MCHS) spoke with the Milwaukee Independent about the 600 rare China-Burma-India images in the Lyle Oberwise Photography Collection, and their amazing significance. Oberwise is legendary...

Audio: Myth of the Lost Cause and how it whitewashed slavery

“We really had de facto slavery in the United States for at least 90 years after the Civil War. We also didn’t do anything to give a helping hand, or compensate for slavery, by helping blacks get on their feet. So they never were integrated into American...

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Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 080620

Voices in Union: with Reggie Jackson and Maria Hamilton – is a weekly podcast that focuses on the African American Diaspora in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It connects local concerns to national trends on social justice, and educates the general population on the...