St. Charles County has named its newest park near Wentzville after an African American landowner who purchased the property in 1871 The 199-acre plot of land is at 2949 West Meyer Road and is scheduled to open this summer. The park now carries the name of Benjamin Oglesby, who was born a slave in 1825 in […]
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National Urban League says Black America “under siege”
Marc Morial, National Urban League president and CEO, said that factions of state and federal lawmakers, working in concert with shady political operatives and violent extremists, are dangerously close to dismantling American democracy and establishing autocratic rule. The organization’s 2022 State of Black America report, released on Monday, outlines “the conspiracy and the urgent case […]
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Legacy Institute: Preparing Black Youth for a Post-COVID World
For years now, Terran Rome has grappled with a consistent fear. “Man, our people are last on every important list.” That fear went into overdrive in 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic struck the globe. “We’re already behind and this is really going to hurt us more,” Rome said. It took almost a year, but Rome […]
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Spire has good things in store for Patrick Henry School
Like at many urban schools in the nation, Patrick Henry Elementary School educators and staff have learned the impact of housing insecurities on students. PQ Spire recently opened an in-school resource market that offers fresh and non-perishable foods, clothing, hygiene supplies and toiletry items at no cost to students and their families. Deborah Rogers, Patrick […]
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‘Today is a wonderful day’
A sometimes-tearful Ketanji Brown Jackson, fresh off her victorious battle to win Senate confirmation as the first Black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, told the world on Friday April 8, 2022, “We’ve made it. All of us. All of us.” Speaking on the South Lawn of the White House flanked by President […]
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Award-winning Jacksons are headed to Broadway for “The Piano Lesson”
The husband and wife team of Academy Award winner Samuel L. Jackson and Tony Award nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson, are taking their act to Broadway, according to a release. Samuel Jackson will star in August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning, Tony-nominated drama, The Piano Lesson, which is being revived for the first time since its Broadway debut in 1990. […]
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Apryll Kiekow hired as money laundering investigator
Apryll Kiekow will join Robinhood as an anti-money laundering investigator. In her new role, Kiekow will investigate potential stock market manipulation. Robinhood, a Silicon Valley-based financial services company, has been adding talent around the country to work remotely. Previously, Kiekow worked for TD Ameritrade as an anti-money laundering investigator, the Missouri Department of Revenue as […]
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‘Separation SZN’
Promising rapper and Berkeley native John Pate candidly told The St. Louis American in a recent interview the road to creating his debut EP, “Separation SZN,” consisted of many ups and downs. For starters, recordings were unusable at least twice: once due to equipment issues and another due to low-quality sound, a byproduct of his […]
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You gotta have “Heart”
For as long as they can remember, Steenz Stewart says they always had a fascination with art. They recall their mother telling them their response was ‘becoming an artist’ whenever people asked what they wanted to be when they grew up. Since art is a broad field, Stewart wasn’t sure which medium made the most […]
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Biden administration to tackle medical debt
One-in-three adults in the United States are saddled with medical debt, which now counts as the largest source of debt in collections – more than credit cards, utilities, and auto loans combined. According to a White House fact sheet, Black and Hispanic households are more likely to hold medical debt than white households. The White […]