The Rev. James T. Morris, pastor of Lane Tabernacle CME Church (left), and Ken McKoy of ACORN led a group of protestors against Gov. Blunt’s budget cuts last Wednesday.
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Local clinic pores on successful skin treatment
Nancy Wallace, a 46-year-old entrepreneur from St. Louis, wasn’t quite convinced that James Thomas, who is a white man, could really understand the different conditions that affect African-American skin. “I was thinking, ‘This person, what does he know?’” Wallace said. “But then I was very impressed by how much he knew and his knowledge of […]
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Big vote in ‘East Boogie’
Next Tuesday, February 22, East St. Louis voters will have a golden opportunity to take their future in a positive direction and empty a little “political trash” at the same time. On that day, “East Boogie” will hold its primary elections, to be followed by general elections on Tuesday, April 5. At stake: the future […]
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Levingston teaches Flight
When Red Auerbach built the Boston Celtics into a NBA dynasty, he relied on basic basketball fundamentals n footwork, passing, team defense, good shot selection n and players capable of thinking on the court. St. Louis Flight head basketball coach Cliff Levingston believes these same principles believes can work in 2005. With the Flight playing […]
Posted inObituaries
Tyrone Davis
Tyrone Davis was born May 4, 1938 Greenville, Mississippi and died February 9, 2005 in Hinsdale, Illinois at the age of 66. He suffered a stroke last September and was taken to the Adventist Hinsdale Hospital. He never regained consciousness. This former Freddie King valet was discovered working in Chicago nightclubs by pianist, Harold Burrage. […]
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Earl Austin Jr.’s Sports Schedule
*Missouri State Wrestling The Missouri State High School Athletic Association Wrestling Championships will be held this weekend at the Hearnes Center on the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia. The competition begins today and will conclude on Saturday night with the championship matches, beginning at 5 p.m. *University of Missouri Men’s Basketball: The Tigers will […]
Posted inBusiness
Financial series for women offered in March
A Women’s Financial Education Series to be offered in March is designed to help increase knowledge, develop confidence in decision-making ability and gain control of lives through informed money management. The five-session series is presented 6-8:30 p.m. Thursdays, March 3 through March 31, at the Women’s Support and Community Services Building, 2165 Hampton. Sessions will […]
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St. Louis American Sports Quiz
This week’s quiz offers a little basketball potpourri. Which year did St. Louis host the NCAA women’s basketball Final Four? Name the last NCAA men’s basketball team to go through an entire season undefeated. Who is Karl Malone’s daughter, and what WNBA team does she play for? Who hit the winning jumper to give his […]
Posted inLiving It
The birth of ‘No More Doggin”
During Black History Month, the American is serializing the memoirs of R&B legend Rosco Gordon, which he entrusted to his friend Chris King before passing in the summer of 2002. When we finally got back to Memphis, I met a girl named Pete. I fell for her at once. Her girlfriend, Christine, Johnny Ace had […]
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Hip-hop grapevine: It’s an art form, not a disease
When James R. Clark of Better Family Life first asked me to participate in a Town Hall Meeting devoted to hip-hop scheduled for next Thursday, February 24 at Cardinal Ritter College Prep, I didn’t think he had the right guy. You see, every day I go to work, I sit next to Bill Beene, and […]