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Lucille Berrien
Political activist from Milwaukee From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lucille Berrien is an activist from Milwaukee.[1] She was good friends with fellow Open housing advocate James Groppi.[1] 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.[1] Though she had recently joined the Black Panther Party, she ran a non-partisan race for mayor.[1] Berrien also ran for State Treasurer of Wisconsin in 1990 with the Labor–Farm Party of Wisconsin, but lost to Cathy Zeuske.[3]
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.[4]
In 2013, the Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin honored Berrien with one of the inaugural Community Health Champion Awards.[5]
In April 2021 there was an effort to rename a Milwaukee park currently named for Charles Lindbergh in her honor.[2] On October 23, 2021, the name of the park was officially changed in her honor to "Lucille Berrien Park".[6]
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