Local author exposes homosexuality in the music ministry By Daniel R. Brown Of the St. Louis American For the past 10 years, Minister Allen Wicks’ gospel message has been heard across St. Louis’ airwaves on his gospel music show, Let’s Talk Music, on KSTL 690 AM. Now, Wicks wants to talk about music – and […]
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Destiny never ends
Fans might have been surprised when Destiny’s Child announced last week that they’re splitting after their U.S. tour, which hits STL on July 9, but the girls say that it was something they had planned even as they were making their fifth and final album. “It’s not a coincidence that the album is called Destiny […]
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The Black Press and the American press on
The entire St. Louis American team is deeply appreciative of all of our loyal readers, many advertisers as well as our colleagues in the National Newspaper Publishers Association for our 5th John B. Russwurm Award in the last 10 years. We are still very mindful that a few years ago our circulation was a mere […]
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Hey, hey, hey, it’s Bill Cosby!
When I got the call two weeks ago that Bill Cosby was coming to town, I was pleased, though he has come here several times to do comedy shows. As I finished listening to the message my boss, Andre Holman, was leaving, I thought I heard him say something about me being a moderator for […]
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The rich got richer
Imagine a presidential candidate in 1976 who stood for election and told Americans the truth: that his policies would make things worse for average Americans. If truthful, his speech would say something like this: “We are going into a conservative era. We’re going to deregulate corporations and banks. Free trade, privatization, smaller government, tax breaks […]
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LPGA needs a Tigress
As teenagers wilted under the pressure of possibly winning the LPGA U.S. Open, a 23-year-old South Korean named Birdie Kim rammed home a more-lucky-than-skilled birdie from the bunker on the 18th hole at Cherry Hills last Sunday to win the coveted title. Her closest competition, 17-year-old Morgan Pressel, couldn’t believe the shot rolled in and […]
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50 plus 4 against me
“I feel they’re beating down on me,” Game, wearing a black T-shirt that said “G-Unot,” calmly explained Tuesday night about his reignited beef with 50 Cent and crew. “I felt like it’s five against one: Yayo, Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, 50 and Olivia against me. It all comes down to me having to secure the […]
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Missing steps
I would like to thank you for running the article on the Pattonville Step Group. Although I was the only sponsor featured, I would like to pay tribute to two dynamic women, RaShele Gregory and Shonda Phillips, the other two sponsors of Steppin’ With Style (SWS). The success of this group would have never occurred […]
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Youngsters cool off during the “Carnival for Christ”
held Saturday at Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church, 2741 Dayton in North St. Louis. The carnival was held during a heat wave that resulted in a weather advisory. People seeking relief from the heat may call Operation Weather Survival, sponsored by the United Way of Greater St. Louis, at (800) 427-4626. Photo by Demond […]
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COUNTY LINE
State officials take control of Wellston School District Three appointees to act as Board of Education By Daniel R. Brown Of the St. Louis American On Wednesday afternoon, the Missouri State Board of Education passed a resolution to take over the struggling Wellston School District and to appoint a three-person administrative board to act as […]