Of the St. Louis American The “Steak Diane” has been a mainstay at the Roberts Mayfair since 1945, when it was the Mayfair Hotel. Now the popular dish is checking out of the hotel and onto the menu of Roberts Mayfair’s on- and off-site catering component. Last Thursday about 12 members of the St. Louis […]
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St. Louis takes first Millions More March steps
Area goal is to send 10,000 By Alvin A. Reid Of the St. Louis American This time, women, you are more than welcome. That was one of the messages delivered by Minister Akbar Muhammad on Monday during a press conference announcing the opening of the Millions More Movement St. Louis Office in the Victor Roberts […]
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Boxing club benefit bouts
And Joe Torry, Coach Shaw announce cards By Glenn McBrady For the St. Louis American Promoter Jim Howell and the Monford Point Marine Association staged a boxing card last Thursday to benefit the North County and St. Charles Boxing Clubs, and the 12-bout event provided excitement for the staunch supporters of amateur boxing in attendance. […]
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Elegy for my husband’s dreadlocks
My husband has done two things most of the American public will never do. He has started his own business, and he has worn dreadlocks. However, while the business is kicking off, the beautiful locks are gone. It was something I was hoping to avoid but that I knew was inevitable. Last Friday evening, after […]
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L.A. barber shop on STL
I was sitting around talking to the other guys in and around Los Angeles. We speak barber shop on St. Louis issues, even though we no longer live in St Louis. Each and every one of my close associates is from St. Louis and has family in St Louis, and we know what we are […]
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Harris-Stowe, UMSL partner on grad hours
A recent agreement between the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Harris-Stowe State College, soon to become a university, will before long have students rushing to finish their baccalaureate requirements so that they can jump right into the institutions’ joint post-graduate program. This initiative was officially signed into effect on Tuesday, when Dr. Henry Givens Jr., […]
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NAACP should never say ‘never’ to civil rights
Many are wondering, some simmering, about the NAACP’s stance on citizen oversight of the police. The NAACP has not been a part of the nearly four-year effort by the Coalition Against Police Crimes and Repression (CAPCR) to research existing civilian review boards around the country, shape local and state legislation, mount a community-wide campaign to […]
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Cassidy busted on hard time
After surrendering to authorities on Friday in Philadelphia, where he was wanted for murder, Cassidy spent the weekend in a medium-security prison, where it’s expected he’ll remain for the foreseeable future. The rapper was denied bail – as is the case with all defendants accused of murder in Pennsylvania – at his arraignment on Saturday, […]
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Cash Money bicker
The fight over who should benefit from discovering Ja Rule continues. In the latest twist, last week a U.S. appellate court reversed a federal judge’s ruling that ordered the Island Def Jam Group and former chairman Lyor Cohen to pay independent label TVT Records a record $53 million in damages for backing out of a […]
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Don’t fear the opera.
Check this beautiful letter from Frankie Foy Appleby, a self-described “amateur opera-goer,” in response to my column last week: Saturday, June 19, I attended ‘Romeo & Juliet’ – and I heard lots of applause for Juliet, especially after her first big solo. (Romeo and the Page got their applause, too!) I offer this alternative perception […]