Notre Dame got a “B” from the Black Coaches Association’s report card, proving that the grades are objective and not subjective. Keith Harrison completed the study for the BCA and said, “I personally questioned why Notre Dame would give new coach Charlie Weis a long-term contract extension after starting 5-2 in his first season while […]
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SLPS going in circles
St. Louis Public Schools students have a 16.3 percent dropout rate and a graduation rate of 57.7 percent, while scores of college-bound students require remedial math, English and reading courses. Do you ever get the feeling that this problem is a treadmill going in circles? I mean, with all of the attention and all of […]
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All white police academy class draws criticism
ESOP calls meeting, supports civilian review board By Bill Beene Of the St. Louis American When African American police officer Eddie Simmons eyed a recent all-white police academy class it sickened him with a familiar empty feeling that overcame him in the early 1970s. Simmons was a freshman at Alton High School. He couldn’t wait […]
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The gay thing (again)
A reader came to me about my story about the hip-hop blogger with the gay fixation. Dear Ms. Shante I’m glad you didn’t dignify and give the guy glory for the immature thoughts he felt he needed to say. I was blown back a little by your comments, though. 1) The thought of two men […]
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The IRS inquisition
Is the Internal Revenue Service starting to police free speech in America? Has it, in this administration of cronies and corruption, become an arm of the White House, using tax law to squelch those who would question the president? The IRS pursuit of All Saints Church in Pasadena makes you wonder. On Oct. 31, 2004, […]
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Kanye on gay thing
Kanye West tells King magazine his claim that President Bush “doesn’t care about black people” in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in September wasn’t his bravest comment of the year. “People said to me, ‘Were you scared of speaking out against George Bush?’ No,” he said. “The bravest thing I did this year was speaking […]
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Thanks from Red Cross
This Thanksgiving, the American Red Cross extends thanks to our friends throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area for their incredible outpouring of support. Because of your generosity, the Red Cross was able to touch this community more than 407,000 times over the last year through local programs and services, while also providing direct emergency assistance […]
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Suggs, American honored by GSLABJ
Donald M. Suggs was inducted into the Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame last Saturday during the Excellence in Communications Awards ceremony at Washington University. Suggs, president and publisher of the St. Louis American, was honored for “ground-breaking service in the field of communications.” More than 30 area journalists received honors […]
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Emerson gives Excellence in Teaching Awards
More than 100 St. Louis area educators were recognized for their work, achievements, enthusiasm and dedication as classroom instructors with the presentation of the annual Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards on November 20. Now in it’s 16th year, the Emerson Excellence in Teaching program is one of the St. Louis area’s most prestigious teacher recognition […]
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St. Louis soars to No. 3 in danger
The city of St. Louis ranks third in “City Crime Rankings,” the annual report published by Morgan Quitno Press of Lawrence, Kan. St. Louis trailed only Camden, N.J., and Detroit. Camden was named the most dangerous city for the second year in a row. St. Louis was first in 2002 and has remained in the […]