Homegrown urban gospel theatre June 18 & 19 By Bill Beene Of the St. Louis American On Tuesday, St. Louisan Marty Casey thought had one day left to imagine her name in lights across the Fox Theatre marquee. Starting yesterday, Casey no longer had to use her imagination to see “Casey Ent.’s A House Divided, […]
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Having fun in the Jamaican, hmmm, sun
Last year, my husband and I decided to build a new home and move our family. You know what that means, don’t you? NO summer vacation! Maybe it is because I am the mother of four boys who has very little time for herself, not to mention with my husband. Maybe it is because I […]
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Let Bush fight his wars!
Today, every branch of the American military is facing an alarming shortage of new recruits. Thousands of young minority men and women are unwilling to participate in a war they consider unnecessary and unjust. They are no longer willing to sacrifice their lives and endure the hardships of military life for a war in Afghanistan […]
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Bearing witness starts by giving a damn
Guest Columnist Last month, I joined an interfaith pilgrimage to the killing places of the Holocaust years, a handful of the sites where homosexuals were slaughtered for being homosexuals, communists for being communists, Jehovah’s Witnesses for being Jehovah’s Witnesses and, most infamously and most prodigiously, Jews for being Jews. Six million Jews, 5 million others. […]
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Caribbean Nights fundraiser for Charmaine Chapman Society
Rapper Doug E. Fresh to perform Friday “Caribbean Nights,” at the Anheuser-Busch Tour Center Friday, June 17, will benefit the United Way of Greater St. Louis’s Charmaine Chapman Society, the St. Louis region’s premier leadership giving initiative for African Americans. “Raising funds and doing good work can be exciting and absolute fun,” said Minga Furr, […]
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Minorities not finding needed life insurance
Consumers who want and need life insurance the most – minorities in lower-income households – are being abandoned by the marketplace, according to a new survey The survey found 92 percent of African Americans and 82 percent of Hispanics said they believe life insurance is essential, as compared to 72 percent of whites. However, only […]
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Shot dead in the jaw
Pharrell Williams has always felt brotherly concern for Terry Kennedy, his good friend and the captain of his Ice Cream skateboarding team, but the famed producer never thought it would be like this. On Saturday, Kennedy was shot twice, once in the forearm and once in the jaw, after leaving a party in Long Beach, […]
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Racial Harmony Service at Church of the Master
Church of the Master, United Church of Christ, at 1325 Paddock Drive in Florissant, invites the community to its Bright Sunday music festival. It begins at 9:30 a.m. this Sunday, June 12. Two vocal choirs and a bell choir will present a musical celebration promoting racial harmony and peace. For the musical selections, the Chancel […]
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Game disses 50 Cent
To say the truce between the Game and 50 Cent came to a screeching halt Sunday night would be an understatement For weeks there had been rumors that Game was making unfavorable remarks about 50 and the G-Unit while performing on the How the West Was One Tour. During Summer Jam, the New York tri-state […]
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Debra Lee takes control of BET
BET, Viacom Inc.’s cable network devoted to programming aimed at African-American audiences, named chief operating officer Debra Lee as chief executive, succeeding founder and current CEO Robert Johnson, who plans to retire. Lee is CEO effective immediately and will succeed Johnson as chairman when he retires, expected by January. BET is distributed to 80 million […]