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Whitney Butler (left), a senior at Hazelwood West High School, and JaLisa Shaw, a senior at Lutheran North High School, were honored Saturday for their participation in UMSL’s Bridge Program Saturday Academy. More than 1,600 people celebrated the program’s 25th anniversary at America’s Center. -
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Mariah L. Richardson won a Kevin Kline Award for “Outstanding Production for Young Audiences” for Delilah’s Wish by Metro Theatre Company. -
The cast of , presented April 1-10 by Washington University’s Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences. From left to right: Eboni Sharp, Yasmin Boakye, Vanika Spencer, Jessica Davie and Eboney Hutt. -
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Tracy Jones, left, a third-grade teacher at Larimore Elementary School, answers questions from students Eric Smith, Kameron Perry, Jazmyn Rozelle and Shawn Barnes as they work at the Context Clues station during MAP Boot Camp. This will be the first time district third-grade students will take the test. -
Last week the redistricting committee in the Missouri House of Representatives released its new congressional map of Missouri, which carves the state into eight rather than nine districts, because population growth in the state lagged, according to the 2010 Census. -
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Fifteen people were honored by the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and Verizon Wireless at the Everyday Heroes Reception, the culmination of a Black History Month program that sought nominations for ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the community. -
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Glenda Ervin of St. Louis was the winning caller on KMJM during Fifth Third Bank St. Louis’ African American History Maker campaign. Ervin was one of 20 $50 MasterCard gift card winners who called into the station after listening to a vignette featuring an African-American history maker during Black History Month and the grand prize $1,000 winner chosen at the end of the month. She also had the honor of choosing Covenant House to receive $5,300 from Fifth Third Bank. Covenant House of Missouri is a non-profit organization that serves homeless, runaway and at-risk youth. -
A large crowd, including Mayor Alvin Parks Jr., gathered at East St. Louis City Hall on April 1 for the celebration of the City of East St. Louis’ Sesquicentennial. Eugene B. Redmond, East St. Louis’ longtime poet laureate, delivered the “Purpose.”The event kicked off a year-long celebration that will include a Miles Davis Arts Festival in May, parades, a 4th of July expo and the publication of four books about the city, including an encyclopedia of the city. -
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Manning Marable, an important advocate, chronicler, scholar and intellectual for Black America, died Friday, April 1, 2011 in New York at the age of 60. -
Jonathan R. Reed, M.D., a retired gynecologist and obstetrician and retired professor at Washington University School of Medicine, will be recognized as the 2011 Lifetime Achiever on Friday, April 29 at the St. Louis American Foundation’s 11th Annual Salute to Excellence in Health Care Awards Luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton. -
Frank Haith speaks to reporters after being introduced as the 17th head men’s basketball coach at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri on Tuesday. Haith comes to Missouri after spending seven seasons at the University of Miami as their head basketball coach. -
The Gatorade National Player of the Year award annually goes to the student-athlete who exemplifies excellence in athletics, academics and cititzenship.
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Reginald Butler, a managing partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, led a discussion on diversity recently with 52 multicultural fellows of the St. Louis Business Diversity Initiative. The March session took place at Washington University’s Knight Center.