Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor African Americans are embarking on a redistricting fight for fair representation, that is proportionate to our population in Wisconsin. In keeping a watchful eye on the local and state process, we understand that a nudge of a district line could change the ability of African Americans to get […]
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Moment in Black History: Frederick Douglass
By Graham Thomas Kilmer February 20, 2015 Frederick Douglass, originally named Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, was born the son of a slave and a white man in Talbot County, Maryland. Some believe Douglass’s father was the owner of the very plantation he spent the first eight years of his life on. Before the […]