Boxing history will be made on Saturday night when Cory Spinks defends his world welterweight titles against challenger Zab Judah of Brooklyn, N.Y. at the Savvis Center in downtown St. Louis. The paid admission will be 20,655 and overall attendance will top 22,050, according to Alan Hopper, director of public relations for Don King Productions. […]
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Slave trade confronted
Black history does not, to say the least, begin with the transatlantic slave trade n the first humans were African, and Africa evolved vast, complicated kingdoms when Europeans were still, by comparison, undeveloped villagers. And, for all the untold millions lost in the drain of labor from Africa to the Americas, black history does not […]
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Indicted and delighted
Well, I hate to say “I told you so,” but … That was all I could think as East St. Louis Police Chief Ronald Mathews, his secretary Janerra Carson-Slaughter, Department of Regulatory Affairs Director Kelvin Ellis and former auxiliary cop Ayoub “Dave” Qattoum were hauled away by FBI agents almost two weeks ago as the […]
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We don’t need no help to destroy ourselves
I’m inclined to ponder the imponderables. You know, the big, seemingly unanswerable questions of great cosmological import n the kind of riddles the noted 20th-century philosopher Arsenio Hall liked to describe as “things that make you go, Hmmm.” Typically, however, my earnest investigation of timeless riddles is quickly reduced to a consummate American blend of […]
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A funny thing happened on the way to graduation
It could be one of those he-said, she-said stories or something more ridiculous, but the Riverview Gardens School District has the makings of a full-blown controversy on its hands. It started with a phone call to our newsroom at KMOX. A parent had heard from his daughter who heard from another student that the principal […]
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I.C. Bonner
Irwillma Cornelias Jones was born Beatrice Williams on February 29, 1913 in Gadsden, Alabama. She was the eldest of three children. She was educated in Bellbuckel, Tennessee during her elementary and most of her high school years. Her family moved to St. Louis, Missouri on Mother’s Day in 1928. She then finished her last year […]
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St. Louis before the Spinks
St. Louis has a long and magnificent track record of presenting some of the finest boxing talent the world has known. But what many do not realize is the caliber of genius that at one time or another called St. Louis home. Some of the city’s past champions and legends include Sonny Liston, Jack Armstrong […]
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HUD makes change impacting black-owned firms
The U.S. Small Business Administration is changing its Historically Underutilized Business (HUBZone) program to help small businesses create more jobs in economically distressed communities. “These pivotal changes to the HUBZone program expand its reach dramatically and will create more jobs and economic growth in economically depressed areas for small businesses, and stimulate growth in the […]
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When the church opens a door to college
“Education is expensive, but you cannot afford notto go to college,” said Christine L. Winfield, community relations coordinator for the University of Missouri-Columbia, regarding the Martin Luther King, Jr. College Fair held Sunday at The Mt. Zion Baptist Church Christian Complex. The college fair, sponsored by the University of Missouri-Columbia and the St. Louis Clergy […]
Posted inEmployment news
What is your decision-making style?
Should I quit my job? When should I start looking for another job? Is it time to change careers? Should I go back to school? Should I start my own business? Decisions n decisions n decisions. At some point in all of our lives, we are faced with career decisions that need to be made. […]