This week’s quiz deals with famous quotes from black athletes. Who said: 1. “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.” 2. Everybody pulls for David. Nobody roots for Goliath.” 3. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. All praise to Allah!” 4. “Evidently.” 5. “Practice. We talkin’ about practice.” 6. […]
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Major records labels continue to tap into St. Louis’s well of talent.
One of the latest artists to sign the coveted dotted line is Vice, A.KA., Sedrick Martin. The rapper is one of the first artists on Universal’s new subsidiary. Last week the producing, songwriting rapper won an ASCAP Pop Music Award for the chorus and melody on Chingy’s “One Call Away.” His album “ViceVersa” is currently […]
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Engineers for community
Kudos to you for running the article about the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). I work with these children throughout the year, and they are the key to our futures. Your newspaper serves to inform our community of many important issues that affect us, and educating ourselves of opportunities where we can make important […]
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Morehouse Men
Thank you for the wonderful article Bill Beene did on our sons, Preston Davis, Fred Shelton, John Torrey and Nelson Williams, going to Morehouse College. They have all worked very hard in school, and it is nice to see them receive recognition for their hard work. It is also nice to see young African-American males […]
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Oprah ‘Crashes’ in Paris
Turns out Oprah may not have gotten totally dissed when the talk show host was turned away from the Hermes luxury store in Paris last weekend, reports CNN. While the store did issue a formal apology, more details surrounding the incident have begun to surface. The apology states, “Hermes regrets not having been able to […]
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Newschannel 5 launches a weather channel
KSDK Newschannel 5, the media sponsor for the St. Louis American Foundation Salute To Excellence events, has launched St. Louis’ first 24-hour weather station. On Tuesday, the station began broadcasting WeatherPlus on digital channel 5.2 and online at ksdk.com. It marks the first time a local broadcaster has launched a secondary station in the St. […]
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Anuye Hill, age 7,
shows off her award-winning artwork at the Westin St. Louis. Hill is one of 18 students at the Central Institute for the Deaf Oral School who competed to put their art on the cover of the Clark Street Grill children’s menu. As the second-place winner, she received a weekend stay at the Westin River North […]
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Inside Sports
With Earl Austin Jr. I spent four exhilarating days watching the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championhips last weekend. As I watch great champions such as Maurice Greene, Gail Devers and Marion Jones move closer to the sunset of their careers, it is truly remarkable to watch the young group of stars that are moving […]
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New house for New Life In Christ
Dr. G. Vincient Dudley Sr.’s Metro East ministry expands By Gregory S. Carr For the St. Louis American On Sunday, June 19, the members of the New Life In Christ Interdenominational Church marched into their new $4.3-million facility, located at 689 Scott Troy Rd. in Lebanon, IL. The march has been a pilgrimage of faith […]
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A semblance of justice in Mississippi
Forty-years has passed from the time when three voter-rights advocates left the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) office in Meridian, Mississippi to investigate the bombing of an African-American church in Philadelphia in the Magnolia State. The three never returned alive. Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman were killed. All were members of CORE. Chaney […]