• Curtis Preyer looks over voter information provided by the St. Louis County Branch of the NAACP on Saturday afternoon at West Side Missionary Baptist Church. U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay faces reelection with a primary challenger on the August 7 ballot, and President Barack Obama faces reelection for the last time on November 6.

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  • Deion Sanders
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  • Ashley Henderson of Hazelwood Central (221) took third in last year’s Mo. State Girls Track and Field Championships at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. At left is Peyton Chaney of Nerinx Hall and at right Tianna Valentine of Hazelwood East.

  • Chris Caldwell of Lafayette High School, left, wins the Boys 110 meter high hurdles during the 2011 Missouri State Track & Field Championships last year at Lincoln University. At center, is Taron Street of Marquette and at right is Jordan Helenkamp from Webster Groves. Caldwell set a new meet record in the event at last week’s Suburban West Conference meet.

  • Navy 1st Class Petty Officer Paul Dixon, Berkeley Police Captain Steven Buckley and Berkeley Fire Captain Reggie Sankey participate in the flag raising ceremony at the grand opening of the City of Berkeley’s new City Hall and Fire Department on Saturday afternoon. Some 150 people attended the ceremony.

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  • Pictured (from left): Box Tops for Education Brand Manager Tommy Hillman, LifeLearn Associates President Dr. Jacquelyn Jackson Fleming, Spelman College President Dr. Beverly D. Tatum, nationally-syndicated radio air personality Steve Harvey, editor emeritus of Essence magazine Susan L. Taylor, TLC’s “Chilli,” actress Tisha Campbell Martin, singer/songwriter Monica and General Mills Baking division President Anton Vincent at the Box Tops for Education Town Hall at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia

  • Consuelo Hopkins Wilkins, M.D., with Dolores Gunn, M.D., director of the St. Louis County Department of Health at the 2012 Salute to Excellence in Health Care.

  • Consuelo Hopkins Wilkins, M.D., greeted William A. Peck, M.D., longtime former dean of the Washington University School of Medicine, at the St. Louis American Foundation’s 2012 Salute to Excellence in Health Care.

  • In Saturday night’s bout between undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Miguel Cotto.  The champion/underdog Cotto came forward relentlessly the entire fight.

  • Model for Dred and Harriet Scott statue by Harry Weber

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  • Hilary Shelton, senior vice president of advocacy and policy for the NAACP (and a St. Louis native), spoke recently at a luncheon hosted by the St. Louis County Branch of the NAACP held at the Airport Marriott Hotel and then the next day at the NAACP’s voter registration drive in St. Louis.

  • Kevin Bryant of Inkosi Advertising (far left) meets with his committee ahead of the Community Needs Expo they are launching May 11 and 12 to provide resources for entrepreneurs, job seekers and the St. Louis community.

  • Julia Thorpe

  • The suicide of NFL great Junior Seau once again has the sports world buzzing about the long-term effects of multiple concussions.

  • Kacie Starr Triplett

  • Keith Williams teaches a Katherine Dunham dance class in Webster Groves.

  • Keith Williams teaches a Katherine Dunham dance class in Webster Groves.

  • Les Bond Jr., Gene Duffy, Julian Bond and Candace Bond celebrate with friends and family
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  • Reggie Jones

  • Audience members listen as President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a reception in Atlanta, Ga., March 16.

  • Congratulations to the STL Runnin Rebels on winning the Amateur Athletic Union Ozark Region 17U boys championship last weekend at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park. The Runnin Rebels defeated the Missouri Magic Extreme, Missouri Impact and TC Hoops to win the championship and advance to the AAU National Tournament later this summer. The team members are (in alphabetical order) Malik Brown (Career Academy), Deion Davis (Vashon), Chaz Gilmore (Fort Zumwalt West), Callen Hall (Francis Howell North), Justin Jackson (Gateway Tech), Austin Kemp (Fort Zumwalt West), Derrick Mitchell (Vashon), Rekardo Owens (Brentwood), Andrenos Powell (Gateway Tech), Rashod Richards (University City), Shawnteze Sanders (Career Academy), Demetrius Stapleton (Career Academy). The head coach of the Runnin Rebels is Damon Hill.

  • Sister Mary Antona Ebo, the first African-American woman executive director of a Catholic U.S. hospital, was honored as Lifetime Achiever in Health Care at the St. Louis American Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Health Care held Saturday at the Frontenac Hilton.

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  • “By Wole Soyinka,” Dana Smith
  • “Scientific stores of protein,” Michael Marshall
  • “Charity,” Leslie Samson-Tabakin
  • “Across that broken road a fire that heals,” Robin Street-Morris
  • “Falling prey to,” Jeffrey Swanson
  • Alauna Ray
  • Jermaine Paul

  • LoriAnn Carroll, a teacher at Gateway Institute of Technology in St. Louis Public Schools

  • Michael Okpara
  • Conan O’Brien and Metta World Peace

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