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Cultivate stylist Anjanette Blaylock and stylist/owner Lana Coleman Bibb -
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Sidney Maestre and Mayor Raymond Tucker overlooking an area of the once-bustling black community of Mill Creek Valley that was slated for clearance in 1956.
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St. Louis Community College officials recognized Aurora Hill, fifth from left, for her heroism in breaking up an assault in a restroom at the college’s Meramec campus in April: Craig Larson, Board of Trustee chair; Pam McIntyre, interim president at STLCC-Meramec; student Blythe Grupe; Melissa Hattman, trustee; Hill; Doris Graham, board vice chair; Libby Fitzgerald, trustee; Donna Dare, acting chancellor; Cindy Hess, STLCC-Forest Park president; and trustees Joan McGivney and Hattie Jackson.
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Baruti Kafele, author of Motivating Black Males to Achieve in School and in Life, recently spoke to a group of Metro East educators at the request of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School.
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Condoleezza Rice has been mentioned as a candidate to be part of the national college football playoff selection committee.
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John Watson Jr. is a fire captain at Engine House No. 23, at 6500 Michigan Ave. in South St. Louis and co-pastor of Maple Temple Church of God in Christ, 5195 Maple Ave. in North St. Louis.
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John Watson Jr. is a fire captain at Engine House No. 23, at 6500 Michigan Ave. in South St. Louis and co-pastor of Maple Temple Church of God in Christ, 5195 Maple Ave. in North St. Louis.
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John Watson Jr. is a fire captain at Engine House No. 23, at 6500 Michigan Ave. in South St. Louis and co-pastor of Maple Temple Church of God in Christ, 5195 Maple Ave. in North St. Louis.
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Jazz St. Louis will present “Abyssinian: A Gospel Celebration” featuring The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and Chorale Le Chateau 8 p.m. Friday, October 18 at The Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.
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Opal M. Jones, president and CEO of Doorways -
U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay unveiled the new sign to the Congressman William L. Clay Sr. Bridge on Monday morning as his father, former Congressman Bill Clay, Gov. Jay Nixon, Mayor Francis G. Slay, County Executive Charlie A. Dooley and others looked on.
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A few of Gateway Classic honoree Ida Goodwin Woolfolk’s excited family members: niece Candace Creath, nephew Christopher Creath, daughter Sarah Woolfolk-Edwards and grandson Caleb Edwards.
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The late Rev. James Bevel, an adviser to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., referred to preachers like Father Divine (pictured) as “religious entertainers.”
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The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis will present “Fly” October 16 – November 10 at the Loretto-Hilton Center.”
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Teach For America instructor Chris Leatherwood teaching class at Gateway Middle School in the St. Louis Public School district.
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Teach For America instructor Chris Leatherwood teaching class at Gateway Middle School in the St. Louis Public School district.
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Teach For America corps member Chris Leatherwood taught class at Gateway Middle School in the St. Louis Public School District on Tuesday.
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Teach For America instructor Chris Leatherwood teaching class at Gateway Middle School in the St. Louis Public School district.
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Ann Malone, Camille Hunt, Sakinah Ali and Muthonni Tyreesa Sims walked in the name of all women who are survivors of breast cancer recently during the 4th Annual Sista Strut in Forest Park.
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Adrian E. Bracy, CEO of YWCA Metro St. Louis, will be recognized as 2013 Non-Profit Executive of the Year at the St. Louis American Foundation’s 2013 Salute to Excellence in Business Awards & Networking Luncheon on Thursday, November 14 at the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton.
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Adrian E. Bracy, CEO of YWCA Metro St. Louis, is the St. Louis American Foundation’s 2013 Non-Profit Executive of the Year. The YWCA mission’s is “eliminating racism and empowering women.”
