100 Black Men honors Anthony Thompson Kwame Building Group President Kwame Building Group President Anthony Thompson received a “Corporate Executive Award” from 100 Black Men of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc. during the organization’s recent Annual Black Tie Gala. The fundraising dinner and awards banquet recognizes local African Americans for their outstanding involvement in community service. […]
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Orvin Kimbrough
Orvin Kimbrough has been named vice president of major gifts by the United Way of Greater St. Louis. Kimbrough was executive director Faith Beyond Walls and Interfaith Partnership of Missouri. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work from the University of Missouri – Columbia and a Master of Business Administration from the University […]
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Gerald Boyd, landmark journalist, passes at 56
Was managing editor of New York Times By Alvin A. Reid Of the St. Louis American In late January 1977, Gerald Boyd trudged through a slushy snow on a cold Saturday afternoon to Forest Park Community College. A reporter with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, this was one of few days he had to himself. But […]
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No HOF cheese for Big Mac
That was the St. Louis American’s own Mike Terhaar you heard on Tuesday morning lambasting the KFNS Morning Grind crew for supporting Mark McGwire for induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Terhaar, who serves as art director and has helped the American win numerous layout and design awards, questioned how anyone could doubt that […]
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Joy Wright had a great sense of humor
Joy Yvette Wright, born Joy Carter June 18, 1948 in St. Louis, Mo. To Reuben “Ed” Carter (deceased) and Deana Holden. Joy was oldest of four siblings. She graduated from Beaumont High School in June 1964. In October, Joy met and married Johnny Wright and two daughters Tifonee Jackson and Raquel Wright (Tif and Rok) […]
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St. Louis American Prep Athlete of the Week
Scott Suggs Washington Boys Basketball The talented 6’6” junior guard was named the Most Valuable Player of the St. Francis Borgia Thanksgiving Tournament Blue Division last week. Suggs averaged 23 points and six rebounds in three games as the Bluejays won two of their three games and advanced to the championship game. In the first […]
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Author Bebe Moore Campbell dies at 56
Bebe Moore Campbell, whose many bestsellers such as Brothers and Sisters touched on America’s ethnic and social divides, died Monday, Nov. 27, 2006. She was 56. Campbell died at home in Los Angeles from complications due to brain cancer. She was diagnosed with the disease in February. “My wife was a phenomenal woman who did […]
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A mirror into Tiffani’s troubles
Local poet confronts trauma in her first book By Arelia Jones For the St. Louis American “I started writing at age 12, after my father passed away,” says Tiffani Naté Taylor. “My father was killed, and unfortunately I witnessed it; I was there when he was murdered.” After enduring a number of childhood traumas and […]
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BLR annual meeting on December 10
The St. Louis Black Leadership Roundtable will present its 2006 Regional Report Card “Eliminating the African-American Achievement Gap” at 3 p.m. Sunday Dec. 10 at the University of Missouri St. Louis Millennium Student Center. The annual meeting and report will include a report on what the region is doing to address the academic achievement gap […]
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Black churches in blue states benefit most from Bush
Faith-Based Initiative confusing to many church groups A recent study by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies found that African-American churches from the Northeast have benefited from the Bush administration’s Faith-Based and Community Initiative (FBCI) more than more conservative black churches in the South. The national survey of 750 African-American churches found that […]