Lucille Berrien Explained

Lucille Berrien
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Lucille Berrien is an activist from Milwaukee. She was good friends with fellow Open housing advocate James Groppi. She ran for mayor of Milwaukee in 1972, becoming the first African-American woman to do so, but lost the race to incumbent Henry Maier. Though she had recently joined the Black Panther Party, she ran a non-partisan race for mayor. Berrien also ran for State Treasurer of Wisconsin in 1990 with the Labor–Farm Party of Wisconsin, but lost to Cathy Zeuske.^[2]

Berrien was a supporter of Milwaukee Alderperson Michael McGee Jr., even after his 2008 convictions for bribery and extortion, believing he was set up by the government.^[3]

In 2013, the Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin honored Berrien with one of the inaugural Community Health Champion Awards.^[4]

In April 2021 there was an effort to rename a Milwaukee park currently named for Charles Lindbergh in her honor.^[5] On October 23, 2021, the name of the park was officially changed in her honor to "Lucille Berrien Park".^[6]

Notes and References

Web site: Snyder . Molly . Profiles in Milwaukee history: activist Lucille Berrien . OnMilwaukee . 29 April 2021 . en . February 25, 2020 . 29 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210429132451/https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/lucille-berrien . live .
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1991 . State of Wisconsin 1991-1992 Blue Book . 1991 . State of Wisconsin . . Theobald . H. Rupert . Barish . Lawrence S. . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . Elections in Wisconsin . 908 . May 18, 2020 . January 8, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200108004702/http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?id=WI.WIBlueBk1991 . live .
News: Diedrich . John . McGee guilty: Former alderman convicted of extortion, bribery in dealings with store owners . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . June 25, 2008 . Milwaukee . en . Lucille Berrien, a McGee supporter, said she believed McGee was set up by the government. "I think it's one of the worst things that has happened to Milwaukee," she said..
Web site: Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin celebrates its 25th Anniversary . Milwaukee Courier . Courier Communications . 29 April 2021 . en . October 12, 2013 . 29 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210429234539/https://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2013/10/12/black-health-coalition-of-wisconsin-celebrates-its-25th-anniversary/ . live .
Web site: Martinez . Juan Miguel . Milwaukee Alliance Organizes to Rename Lindbergh Park . Shepherd Express . 29 April 2021 . en . 27 April 2021 . 29 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210429011913/https://shepherdexpress.com/news/features/milwaukee-alliance-organizes-to-rename-lindbergh-park/#/questions . live .
Web site: Powell. Teran. Signs at Milwaukee's former Lindbergh Park now officially bear Lucille Berrien's name. WUWM. 25 October 2021. 2022-03-24. 2021-12-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20211203102944/https://www.wuwm.com/2021-10-25/milwaukeeans-push-to-rename-northside-park-in-honor-of-activist-lucille-berrien. live.