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Benjamin Ola. Akande was named the new president of Westminster College in Fulton on Friday, May 8. Currently dean of the George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology at Webster University, Akande is the first black president of the 164-year-old college.
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Benjamin Ola. Akande will replace George Forsyth as president of Westminster College, it was announced on Friday, May 8. Currently dean of the George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology at Webster University, Akande is the first black president of the 164-year-old college.
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Gitana Productions will present “Black and Blue” at the Missouri History Museum from May 22-24. It also will be presented at Kranzberg Art Center from May 29-31; Greater St. Mark Family Church on June 7; and St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley from June 19-21.
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Mike Conley’s mask has transformed him into a super hero on the court as the Memphis Grizzlies are giving the Golden State Warriors all they can handle in the Western Conference Semifinals.
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Just a week after one of the biggest letdowns in boxing history, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and James Kirkland set the boxing world on fire in an all-out brawl that left Kirkland stretched out on the canvas in the third round.
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East St. Louis Sr. High School Hosted a “Academic Signing Day” today. Seniors Damien Danley, Christina Nicholson, Antonio Moore, Kimberly Brown, and Nikyra Cook will all be attending Harris-Stowe State University next year. Photo by Wiley Price/ St. Louis American
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James Clark, vice president of community outreach for Better Family Life, is organizing local pastors into BFL’s Neighborhood Alliance Project.
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“The future of the African-American community is directly tied to the church doing neighborhood outreach,” said James Clark, vice president of community outreach for Better Family Life. “Nothing can turn this thing around like they can.”
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Rendering of the new 915,000-square foot distribution center that Schnuck Markets plans to start building in NorthPark this summer.
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A young Baltimore boy celebrated on May 1 after Marilyn Mosby, state’s attorney for the city, announced she was filing criminal charges against the six Baltimore police officers who arrested Freddie Gray. The 25-year-old man died after his spine was nearly severed during transport in a police van.
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Pastor Jamal Bryant of Empowerment Temple (in bright lime hoodie), who delivered Freddie Gray’s eulogy, handed out sandwiches in West Baltimore on May 1, the day the state’s attorney announced criminal charges against the six police officers who arrested and transported Gray. He died from injuries sustained in police custody.
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Don Marsh, Jennifer Blome, Donald M. Suggs and (not pictured) Candy Crowley are the 2015 Media Persons of the Year for the Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis.
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Opera star Denyce Graves and Normandy High School choir director Duane Foster rehearsed students from Normandy High and Central Visual and Performing Arts High School to perform in the Opera Theatre St. Louis Spring Sing.
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Opera star Denyce Graves and Normandy High School choir director Duane Foster rehearsed students from Normandy High and Central Visual and Performing Arts High School to perform in the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Spring Sing in 2015.
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Opera star Denyce Graves and Normandy High School choir director Duane Foster rehearsed students from Normandy High and Central Visual and Performing Arts High School to perform in the Opera Theatre St. Louis Spring Sing.
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Opera star Denyce Graves and Normandy High School choir director Duane Foster rehearsed students from Normandy High and Central Visual and Performing Arts High School to perform in the Opera Theatre St. Louis Spring Sing.
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Local singer Tiffany Elle brought the house down at The Demo on Thursday, May 7 with her homage to Lauryn Hill.
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