Brice Smith News Today

Brice Smith and Dylan Gore were awarded the scholarships that recognize students whose dedication and academic achievement give promise of an outstanding career.

Diverse and Resilient, a local LGBTQ+ advocacy group, was awarded $149,969 by NEH to launch an interactive website with oral history interviews.

Delfeayo Marsalis leads his large ensemble, the Uptown Jazz Orchestra in a set of joyous tunes celebrating Mardi Gras and New Orleans.

In the good old days, the tradition of including a printed “catch-up letter” with a holiday card was one that piqued the recipient’s genuine curiosity or impatient ire.

The legislation was spearheaded by Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin. But theres more work to be done, Milwaukee LGBTQ+ advocates say.

A committee was formed to create a physical marker for Wisconsins first LGBTQ uprising. Meantime, a developer proposes a taproom, distillery and restaurant for the site.

Two men who spent two decades behind bars for the assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X will be awarded $26 million in a settlement from New York

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The 1961 Black Nite Brawl is known in Milwaukee as the night LGBT+ people fought back against violence and dicrimination. Sixty-one years later, the site of the former bar is expected to become a county landmark.Brice Smith the executive director of lgbt milWALKee shares more.

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