At the Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum (WBHSM) Saturday, Joyce Mcghee was surrounded by memories of her youth, as images of Milwaukee’s Open Housing Marches filled the room.
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Back in April, some Milwaukee residents gathered at Lindbergh Park and campaigned to change the name of the park in the Arlington Heights neighborhood to Lucille Berrien Park. On Thursday, their efforts paid off when the Milwaukee County Board voted unanimously to rename the park after Berrien.
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County Supervisor Priscilla Coggs-Jones (left) congratulating Lucille Barrien (right) on her lifetime of work in the Milwaukee community.
Some Milwaukee residents are campaigning to change the name of Lindbergh Park in the Arlington Heights neighborhood to Lucille Berrien Park.
On Saturday, the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression hosted a press conference at the park with Ms. Berrien in attendance to demand the park be named in her honor, and that the money used to make the changes come from the Milwaukee County Sheriff Office’s overtime budget.
The Milwaukee Alliance focuses on ending police misconduct, prison profiteering, racist political repression and economic injustice.