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Kenyotta Griffin was one of several hundred who lined up to get a book signed and pose for a photo with hip-hop pioneer Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons and his lovely wife Justine Simmons. The couple held a lively discussion about their co-authored debut “Old School Love: And Why It Works” facilitated by Tammie Holland at St. Louis County Library Headquarters Saturday Evening.
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St. Louis native and rising R&B star Luh Kel took some time to give back two weeks ago, when he held at coat drive at Covenant House, a residential facility that serves youth ages 16-24 that face homelessness.
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Metro Theater Company’s production of “Ghost” continues through March 1 at the Grandel Theatre.
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Ferguson resident and former Ferguson Commission member Felicia Pulliam spoke her mind at a Ferguson City Council meeting in 2016. Four years later, she is no less exasperated as Jeffrey Blume – cited multiple times for abuses by the DOJ in legal documents – lingers on as interim city manager.
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Lindenwood University President John R. Porter addresses the audience prior to the ribbon cutting of the university’s new Center for Diversity & Inclusion on January 21 on the St. Charles campus.
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The Organization for Black Struggle -
Color Of Change and Organization for Black Struggle organized a group of about 25 community leaders and residents to demonstrate outside of Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office on Tuesday, December 10 to demand that he stop trying to block a new trial for Lamar Johnson
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President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Sasha and Malia, and Marian Robinson tour the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial before the dedication ceremony in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
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Mike Jones with St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley in 2010 when he was Dooley’s senior policy advisor.
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“This additional honor speaks to the growing awareness of the importance of the case the Scott’s persevered to see through, which has an ongoing effect today,” said Lynne Jackson, the great-great granddaughter of the Dred and Harriet Scott, a resident of the St. Louis Area and the president of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation.
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Vashon’s Kobe Clark (24) goes up for two of his 15 points against Chicago Curie’s Saiveon Williams (4) and Phillip Berryhill (15) during game action Sat., Feb. 1 at Vashon. The Wolverines of Vashon fell to Curie’s Condors 64-58.
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Joe Robinson, 22, a resident in Covenant House’s Transitional Living Program, relaxes by working on a painting. He appreciates Covenant House’s familial atmosphere. “It makes a lot of people feel safe,” he said.
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Jessica Erfling, CEO of Covenant House Missouri, connects with Joe Robinson, 22, a resident in Covenant House’s Transitional Living Program who learned computer coding through LaunchCode using the agency’s career support services.
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Seth Akakpo-Lado, a former resident at Boys Hope Girls Hope house in Richmond Heights, tutored current resident scholar Michael , 13, in math on January 27.
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Seth Akakpo-Lado, a former resident at Boys Hope Girls Hope house in Richmond Heights, explained a math concept to resident scholar Zion , 15, at the house on January 27. A native of Togo, Akakpo-Lado went on to graduate from Washington University and now works as a patient experience specialist at an ocular surgery clinic.
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The Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis awarded $20,000 to each of 10 local artists – including post-disciplinary artist Basil Kinkaid and designer and interdisciplinary artist Kevin McCoy – as part of its annual Artist Fellowship program. The fellowships recognize artistic excellence and honor the work of seasoned artists, advance the work of mid-career artists and nurture the work of developing artists. The 10 winners were selected from 140 applicants by 20 discipline readers, a community advisory committee and RAC’s Board of Commissioners. For more information, visit: racstl.org/grant/2020-artist-fellows/.
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Blake Strode of ArchCity Defenders holds up the Close the Workhouse campaign’s report during a panel discussion at the Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being on Thursday, March 7. Joining him on the panel were St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, Michael Milton of the Bail Project, St. Louis Public Defender Mary Fox and (not pictured) Kayla Reed of Action STL.
Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American
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Jamal Bryant, then senior pastor of Empowerment Temple AME Church in Baltimore and now senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta, helped feed people on the street during the Baltimore unrest of 2015 sparked by the police killing of Freddie Gray.
Photo by Lawrence Bryant
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Missouri Black Legislative Caucus Wants State Holiday For First African American Legislator