• College-age members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity sang “Lift Every Voice” at the private dedication ceremony for the MLK memorial held recently on the National Mall. They donned ties and hats in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who often wore a similar tie and hat.

  • Minister Francine Womack Stuart retired from the State of Missouri after 18 years of service from the departments of Mental Health and Probation and Parole. She is relocating to Georgia to be closer to her children. On August 27, a surprise going away party was held for Minister Stuart at Breath of Life Christian Fellowship Church, and on Monday August 29, a retirement party was also held at the office of Probation and Parole on Jefferson. Friends, family and co-workers came out to show her love for the service she gave in ministry and to the citizens of Missouri. In May of this year Ms. Stuart received her Masters in Counseling from Lindenwood University.

  • Christie Roberson and Tenell Cothrine were married on August 20, 2011. The wedding ceremony and reception were held at Tower Grove Piper Palm House. The bride is a graduate of Saint Louis University with a degree in computer science technology, and the groom attends St. Louis Community College where he is pursuing a degree in Diesel Technology. They will take their honeymoon trip to Tahiti on their one year anniversary.

  • Tyrece Sneed and Kara Sneed celebrated 7 years of marriage on September 4, 2011 with family and friends.  “We are so proud of our accomplishment! Our love for each other and our three children is very strong. Thank God for our Marriage Unity.”

  • STL rap star Murphy Lee kicked off his Wine and Women tour Wednesday night at the Old Rock House. The St. Lunatic had the crowd nodding thanks to classics from his debut platinum selling album Murphy’s Law, guest verses and brand new material laced with his signature flow.

  • Black artists respond to the South

  • Dirty Muggs starts the St. Louis American Foundation’s Salute afterparty jams at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16 at America’s Center Ballroom. 

  • W.C. Handy House Museum, 352 Beale St., captures the flavor of old Beale Street at the Memphis home of one of the fathers of the blues.

  • Dr. Pam Jackson, Lynne Fiddmont and her daughter Alana after an Island dinner and show in Barbados-West Indies. (P.J. & L.F. were celebrating their B-Days in the Caribbean Paradise).

    Photo provided by Dr. Pam Jackson

  • St. Louis NAACP County and City chapters hosted a reception in honor of Frankie Muse Freeman, Esq., recipient of the NAACP’s prestigious Spingarn Medal, that drew a throng of Freeman’s close friends and colleagues.

  • An early membership meeting of the YWCA Phyllis Wheatley Branch. A series of celebrations to commemorate the branch’s 100th anniversary begins with A Journey Recognition 3 p.m. Sept. 25, at Centennial Christian Church, 4950 Fountain Ave.

  • Building character at Character Camp

  • Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha celebrate following the private dedication of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. From left, Rev. Joseph Lowery, president emeritus of Dr. King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Rev. C.T. Vivian, a close colleague of King’s; and Fred Sweets, a St. Louis native and St. Louis American contributing editor who documented the civil rights struggle.

  • Harry E. Johnson and Ty Christian visited Washington, D.C. as youth with classmates at Christian Brothers College High School. The friends from St. Louis later would spearhead, along with other Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity brothers, the successful effort to raise a monument to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall.

  • James E. McLeod

  • Flint Fowler of Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, United Way VP Orvin Kimbrough and attorney Don Calloway visited with Gary Dollar, CEO and president of United Way of Greater St. Louis, at the recent kickoff of the United Way’s 2011 African American Leadership Society.

  • Michael Manners
  • Joe Jacobson
  • George Draper
  • Lambert International Airport

  • When James Hall first got to the Rams, you’d be satisfied if he was able to get you anywhere between 5-7 sacks per year. Today, can you imagine what the Rams front four would be like without him?

  • Dawn Harper and Danielle Carruthers of Team USA won bronze and silver medals in the women’s 100 metres hurdles at the 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at Daegu Stadium on September 3 in Daegu, South Korea. 

  • Former Rams wide receiver Donnie Avery was cut by the team.

  • Former Wentzville Timberland star Montee Ball got things going last Thursday night with a four-touchdown performance to lead Wisconsin to a 51-17 victory over UNLV in a nationally-televised game in Madison, WI.

  • Salvador Cruz-Flores
  • Marilyn Drew-Long

  • Style: “Neutral”

  • Teisha Ashford

  • Clifton Davis “Say Amen” Benefit Gala chair Tom Voss, Ameren Corporation’s chairman, president and CEO, bestows a $206,833.40 check to Mathews-Dickey President, CEO and Co-Founder Martin Luther Mathews. Left to right: NewsChannel 5’s Art Holliday, KMOX Radio’s Jon Grayson, Mathews and Voss. Photo by Leon Algee

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  • The Clifton Davis’ “Say Amen” Gala All-Stars celebrate a stellar benefit: “Amen” TV series actor Clifton Davis; club alumnus and professional recording artist Jamie “King James” Dennis; Cameron Hollway, editorial director, STLhighschoolsports.com; Maritz Vice President Dan McFadden; Mathews-Dickey Board Chairman and Greater Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church Pastor the Rev. Earl Nance Jr.; Keith Williamson, senior vice president, corporate secretary and general counsel, Centene Corporation; Barbara A. Washington, vice president, public relations and special events, Mathews-Dickey Boys’ & Girls’ Club; Ameren’s Chairman, President and CEO Tom Voss; and the president, CEO and co-founder of the Mathews-Dickey Boys’ & Girls’ Club, Martin Luther Mathews.

  • St. Louis Community College leaders officially accepted the challenge given by President Barack Obama to double the number of students completing degrees or certificates within the next decade by signing a Call to Action Resolution at the Aug. 24 meeting of the STLCC Board of Trustees.

    Participants in the signing were, seated from left, Melissa Hattman, chair of the STLCC Board of Trustees, and Chancellor Myrtle E.B. Dorsey; and standing, from left, board members Craig Larson, Joann Ordinachev and Hattie Jackson; Libby Fitzgerald, board vice chair; and board member Margo McNeil.

  • LaVada Brown and Yokela Smith
  • 40/40 Club protest
  • STLCC Center for Workforce Innovation

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