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Black History Month 2021: WISN 12 s special reports
February is Black History Month and WISN 12 News is celebrating with a series of special reports. Share Updated: 11:32 AM CST Mar 3, 2021
Black History Month 2021: WISN 12 s special reports
February is Black History Month and WISN 12 News is celebrating with a series of special reports. Share Updated: 11:32 AM CST Mar 3, 2021
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Show Transcript GET YOUR HEAD UP, SON YOU. FO THE TUSKEGEE AIRMAN STORY BECAME FAMILIAR TO MOST IN THE MOVIE RED TAILS. NOW, THE STORY OF LIEUTENANT ALFRED GORHAM IS FRONT AND CENTER AT THE MITCHELL AIRPORT GALLERY OF FLIGHT. HE WAS PROFICIENT FLYING SEVEN DIFFERENT AIRPLANES. BEFORE ESCORTING BOMBERS IN WORLD WAR TWO, GORHAM GREW UP IN WAUKESHA AND BECAME THE FIRST BLACK VALEDICTORIAN AT WAUKESHA SOUTH IN 1938. A SHORT TIME AFTER GRADUATION HE MOVED TO ILLINOIS. HE WORKED IN THE ARSENAL. HE GOT INVOLVED IN THE NAACP AND INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE
Earl Ingram Jr. never forgot Henry Aaron at his brother’s bedside.
Donald Ray Ingram was 11 in 1965 when doctors at Milwaukee’s Children’s Hospital discovered a cancerous tumor at his brainstem. His prognosis was terminal. Donald’s wish was to meet his hero Hank Aaron, and the Milwaukee Braves star gladly obliged. “He visited my brother quite often,” said Earl Ingram, now a radio host in Milwaukee. “But he visited a lot of children in the hospital and he didn’t make a big deal out of it because that’s who he was.”
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Over the course of several months, Hank Aaron and Donald Ingram would develop a strong bond talking baseball in between cancer treatments. Donald died in 1966. Aaron, who himself died in January at age 86, “was a hero to Milwaukee’s Black community,” Ingram said. “Boston had Bill Russell. Philadelphia had Wilt Chamberlain. Louisville had Ali. And we had Aaron.”
How do I find out about concerts? How do I get more details about something I heard over the air? How do I submit events to WORT’s Music Calendars? Who do I contact with changes or cancellations?
WORT’s Music Calendars are a great resource to find out about concerts in all genres and places. Usually you’ll find details in the online listing or links to get more information. There’s a link to to submit your event at the top of the calendar page. You can also submit events, changes and cancellations to calendar@wortfm.org. Close