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John Gurda If you haven’t been to downtown Milwaukee in a while, you might notice a few new signs on your next visit. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive now extends down the former Old World 3rd Street all the way to Wisconsin Avenue. The Fire Department headquarters on North 7th and West Wells streets has been named for Alonzo Robinson, the city’s first Black architect. And North 4th Street is now Vel Phillips Avenue, honoring the first African American (and first woman) to hold elective office on both the city and state levels. It’s about time, many of us would say. In a city whose Black population is close to 40% of the total, there have been precious few public signs of the African American presence. Who could disagree that a major group should see itself reflected in the surrounding landscape?

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