Media personality and author Tavis Smiley and ExxonMobil engineer Zeb Nash will headline the St. Louis “Talented Tenth High School Tour” presentation with 50 students at Beaumont High School on Friday, September 23. The student leaders were selected to attend the event by their teachers and principals. The motivational program will focus on leadership and […]
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Katrina says: get your money straight
Earn and save against future disasters Lee M. Robinson For the St. Louis American I have known for most of my life that being poor and black in America can be dangerous to life and limb. I have had many discussions of this subject with friends and relatives. The scenes from Hurricane Katrina have made […]
Posted inLocal sports
Sept. 30 Don King card at Savvis postponed
Can’t compete with Busch’s big bash By Alvin A. Reid of the American The St. Louis Cardinals heavyweight weekend has helped knock out Don King Productions’ boxing card scheduled for September 30 at the Savvis Center. The first of the final three regular-season games at Busch Stadium is that same Friday, and the entire three-game […]
Posted inPolitical eye
Your picture here
A certain hard-working African American in the tiring field of photojournalism likes to trot out an anecdote about the time Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder asked him what it would take for him to get his picture in the American. In fact, Kinder gets his mug in from time to time, including in last week’s Salute […]
Posted inEditorials
Do we believe Bush will really change?
Columnist Can George W. Bush really reinvent himself at this point in his beleaguered tenure? Does he really want to? As a boyish governor and presidential candidate, he mocked a death-row prisoner out of one corner of his mouth while muttering bromides about compassionate conservatism out of the other. Later, as his party’s smirking, squinting […]
Posted inPartyline
Here comes the judge’s b-day.
A happy birthday wish is in order for St. Louis County Municipal Judge Renee Hardin-Tammons. That is, if you didn’t get down with girlfriend at her 42nd birthday party at the Fireman’s Hall in Berkeley last Saturday. Renee, her friends, family and colleagues partied hard all night. Having the party in Berkeley was somewhat of […]
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AS I SEE IT
Is it true about Sumner High School parents? By Jennifer D. Waters-Jones Guest Columnist The responses that I have received from the administration and most staff at Sumner High School regarding my concerns somehow always end with remarks about our parents: they don’t care, aren’t involved, are very poor and are of a lower caliber […]
Posted inObituaries
Carol Nellie Johnson
August 4, 1956 – September 13, 2005 Ms. Carol Nellie Johnson was born August 4, 1956 to proud parents Elder (Bishop) James A. and the Late Mother Josephine B. Johnson in St. Louis. She was the fifth of seven children. Her mother and youngest sister, Donna Rose, preceded her in death. She attended Hempstead Elementary […]
Posted inHigh school
Prep Football Notebook
State champ rematches Plus, undefeated vs. undefeated By Earl Austin Jr. Of the St. Louis American This weekend’s prep football schedule is highlighted by two games featuring four teams that played for the state championships a year ago. A conference battle between undefeated teams is also on the schedule. Hazelwood East (3-0) at McCluer North […]
Posted inLetters to the editor
Ingram for mayor
Everything James Ingram writes is on point concerning ESL. The city will never prosper with the people now in control. The city very much has its priorities mixed up. We need people of integrity in office and on the school board. People who are not worried about who is going to hire a family member […]