Not long before his title defense, when the standards of his profession dictated that he should be spitting fire and threatening destruction, Cory Spinks told Alvin A. Reid of the American that he cried when he heard about the historic response of St. Louis to his upcoming fight. Cory cried n and told us that […]
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Scrapbooking tips from Parents as Teachers
Parents as Teachers National Center has retooled its website, HYPERLINK “http://www.parentsasteachers.org/”www.parentsasteachers.org to include free, online scrapbooking features for parents to easily share photos and milestones with family and friends. Site visitors simply register online, post photos and can email the scrapbook link to family and friends. The site also includes research-based information on child development, […]
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Royal theft auto?
“My father never made any money from the owner. The owner always owed him nothing after a year of hard work,” Day said. “In 2005, that’s what Grand Center is trying to do to me, and I will not have it.” Vincent C. Schoemehl, Grand Center president and chief executive officer, believes Day’s analogy is […]
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Hip-hop grapevine: He’s got The Beat
Though he has never really asked for a radio job, J-Nicks has now gigged at two popular local hip-hop stations. Former Q95.5 program director Mike Fox heard his voice on commercials and offered him his first radio slot, making him the youngest on-air personality in St. Louis at age 17. J-Nicks was a natural and […]
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COCA brings arts to city schools
“We are taking the ‘it takes a village’ approach, and hopefully we will come up with something we all can live with,” said Indigo Sams, director of community services for the Center of Creative Arts (COCA) in University City. Sams was referring to COCA’s unique and extremely ambitious goal of providing each of the 92 […]
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Lost African history
For 31 years, I taught world history/world cultures in a suburban high school. My responsibility therefore was to the African end of African-American history. During the Civil Rights Movement, new materials came out on the African past and I read myself silly, correcting the misunderstandings that I had previously learned. I created an African History […]
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Foxx and Freeman take home SAGs
The Screen Actors Guild awarded trophies to Jamie Foxx and Morgan Freeman last Saturday during the ceremony televised at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. “Thank you for Ray Charles for just living so complex and so interesting, and making us all just come together,” said Foxx upon receiving his award for best actor for […]
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Kelly on the move
The St. Louis Black Pages has named Towana F. Kelly as director of client services.
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Metro breaks down the bidding process
Ty Perry, Metro’s manager of supplier diversity, said he wants the appropriate minority-owned and women-owned businesses to know the basic ground rules for bid packages and opportunities to become prime bidders. “We broke apart a larger contract into five smaller ones. We also set separate goals on each contract. These changes make it easier for […]
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Mae Overton turns 100
Born on February 18, 1905 as Mamie Jashmer to parents Maggie and Baptist Jashmer, “Mae” was the youngest of ten children. When Mae was very young, her family moved to East St. Louis. When race riots came to East St Louis, the family sought refuge in St. Louis. It was in St. Louis that Mae […]