AJR10,3,6 6Amani Latimer Burris—small business owner and journalist;
AJR10,3,7 7Detria Hassel—former Health Committee chair, NAACP of Madison;
AJR10,3,8 8activists and organizations
AJR10,3,10 9Khalil Coleman—law enforcement reform activist, founder of CLTC, and
10author;
AJR10,3,12 11Vaun Mayes—Milwaukee community activist and founder of Parks MKE, a
12nonprofit organization;
AJR10,3,17 13The People's Revolution—Black Lives Matter and government
14accountability organization; a global network that builds power to bring justice,
15healing, and freedom to Black people across the globe, whose activism includes
16marching for over 250 consecutive days, the most since the civil rights and fair
17housing movements of the 1960s;
AJR10,3,19 18Tory Lowe—Wisconsin community activist and member of the Speaker's Task
19Force on Racial Disparities;
AJR10,3,21 20Tracey Dent—activist, Coalition Against Hate, and CEO of the Peace for
21Change Alliance;
AJR10,3,23 22Rebecca Burrell—Wisconsin community activist and member of the
23Speaker's Task Force on Racial Disparities;
AJR10,3,24 24Mattie Reese—community activist;
AJR10,3,25 25Sadie Pearson—grassroots community activist;
AJR10,4,1
1athlete
AJR10,4,3 2Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron—professional baseball player for the Milwaukee
3Braves and Brewers;
AJR10,4,4 4religious leader
AJR10,4,6 5Dr. Apostle Bishop Godfrey A. Stubbs—Senior Pastor of End Times
6Ministries International;
AJR10,4,7 7government officials
AJR10,4,9 8Vice President Kamala Devi Harris—first woman and African American
9vice president of the United States;
AJR10,4,11 10Stacey Yvonne Abrams—American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist,
11and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives;
AJR10,4,12 12victims and families of police brutality
AJR10,4,16 13Jacob Blake Jr., Jacob Blake Sr., and Justin Blake—a Black father of
14three who was shot in the back seven times by a Kenosha police officer in front of his
15children, and his father and uncle, who have taken on public advocacy roles for police
16reform;
AJR10,4,19 17Tony Robinson—an unarmed 19-year-old Madison young Black man who
18was killed by Madison police during a “check person” call placed by his concerned
19friends and bystanders;
AJR10,4,21 20Alvin Cole—a 17-year-old Black teenager who was shot and killed by
21Wauwatosa police while on his hands and knees;
AJR10,4,23 22Sylville Smith—a 23-year-old Black father of one who was shot in the back
23and killed by Milwaukee police following a traffic stop for “suspicious behavior”;
AJR10,5,3
1Dontre Hamilton—an unarmed 31-year-old Black Milwaukee man with
2mental illness who was shot 14 times and killed by Milwaukee police after being
3checked on three times in one day for sleeping in a park;
AJR10,5,6 4Jay Anderson, Jr.—a 25-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by
5Wauwatosa police during an after-hours loitering check after being woken up from
6trying to sleep off intoxication in his car;
AJR10,5,9 7Daniel Bell—a 22-year-old Black Milwaukee man who was shot and killed by
8Milwaukee police following a traffic stop in 1958. Milwaukee police planted a knife
9on Bell's body at the scene and attempted to cover up the shooting for decades;
AJR10,5,14 10Ernest Lacy—a 22-year-old Black Milwaukee man who was arrested in 1981
11in a case of mistaken identity, who died in police custody after having a knee placed
12on his back by officers. This led to one of the few times Wisconsin legislators worked
13on bipartisan police reform legislation (Lacy's Law) to require that police seek
14medical help for anyone in their custody; and
AJR10,5,2015 Whereas, while acknowledging the work of these leaders, it is equally critical
16to appreciate, both past and present, the long list of contributions of our fellow
17citizens; Black History Month gives Wisconsinites an occasion to recognize the
18significant influence people of African heritage have made, and continue to make, in
19the areas of medicine, art, politics, human rights, education, sports, and economic
20development; now, therefore, be it
AJR10,5,24 21Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
22Legislature recognizes February 2021 as Black History Month and extends
23appreciation to the above-named persons for their contributions to the state of
24Wisconsin, the country, and their fellow citizens.
AJR10,5,2525 (End)
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