• Military veteran Lee Perry of Mississippi participating in the Veterans of Foreign Wars 125th National convention parade to Soldiers Memorial Tuesday evening downtown St. Louis.

  • Mavis Thompson greets Pat Pendleton at Diner’s Delight restaurant on the city’s Southside to campaign for her election to the office of License Collector for the city of St. Louis Wednesday afternoon. 

  • Leslie Broadnax with New Edition

  • Jeffrey Boyd’s early endorsers for license collector included Mayor Francis Slay and Sheriff James Murphy. Both have been successfully sued for racial discrimination by a black man who served under him. Murphy was successfully sued by two deputy sheriffs, William “Patrick” Hill and Jacques Hughes, and Slay by Deputy Fire Chief Charles Coyle.

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  • Shorty Da Prince
  • Chadwick Boseman as James Brown in “Get on Up”
  • Michael Hargrove preaching in St Charles
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  • Mary Conway, Lisa Payne, Yasmine Metts, Shayonna Gordon and Kevin McLemore, Jr. celebrated a five-generation legacy at their annual family picnic recently. The picnic, held at Tanglewood Park, has been bringing together family members for 21 years, said Mary.

  • The Metropolitan Chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will hold their 8th Annual Health Fair and School Supplies Giveaway at the Monsanto YMCA 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday August 2. The AKA chapters of Gamma Omega, Omicron Eta Omega and Omicron Theta Omega all come together to support this community event. This year the health fair will also include a workshop on home buying  and financial literacy. Mickey and Minnie Mouse will stop by, and a bike will be given to a lucky girl or boy.

    Front row left to right: Patrice Shelton, Gamma Omega – Taina Charleston, Omicron Eta Omega – Mattelyn Joplin, Gamma Omega – Stacy Edwards, Gamma Omega – Joan Hubbard, Gamma Omega – Victoria Carter, Gamma Omega. 

    Back row left to right:  Brittany Childress, Omicron Theta Omega – Jocelyn Towns, Omicron Theta Omega – Andrea Smith, Omicron Eta Omega – Alice McHugh, Gamma Omega – Mary Dedeaux-Swinton, Omicron Eta Omega.

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  • County Executive Charlie Dooley
  • Danielle Welch

  • St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley has a heated moment with 7th district councilman Greg Quinn after Tuesday nights council meeting. At right is 6th district councilman Steve Stenger. Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American

  • Dr. Katie Harper Wright will be honored as 2014 Lifetime Achiever in Education by the St. Louis American Foundation on Friday, September 12 at its  2014 Salute to Excellence in Education Gala.

  • St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley responds to comments made about him during public comments at Tuesday night’s county council meeting. 

  • Flint Fowler

  • Frankie Muse Freeman was escorted by Tom Voss, former president and CEO of Ameren, and Carol Voss on July 24 when the St. Louis Regional Chamber recognized her with the Right Arm of St. Louis Award at its 177th Annual Event. Tom Voss is the immediate past chamber board chair.

  • Clergy of the AME Church carry the body of Bishop Vinton R. Anderson into Valhalla Mausoleum last Thursday after home going services at St. Paul AME Church. Photo by Wiley Price

  • Clergy of the AME Church carry the body of Bishop Vinton R. Anderson from St. Paul AME Church last Thursday after services. Photo by Wiley Price

  • Gwen Moore
  • Jayson Tatum

  • Elson Williams Jr. of Major Brands, a key sponsor of 100 Black Men of Metropolitan St Louis’ recent golf tournament, presents a check to Jacque Land of 100 Black Men. This year, 144 golfers participated and raised funds that will support five students seeking higher education. 

  • Marvin Neals
  • Mavis Thompson
  • Michele Roberts

  • The Post-Dispatch editorial cartoon that is seen as offensive and racist by many African Americans who feel it is more than an unintentional racist pun between the paper calling for an end to Dooley’s term and a “buck” being stopped.

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  • Shorty Da Prince
  • Shorty Da Prince

  • Raegan Johnson is project manager of Environmental Safety and Health at Monsanto, which has 5,000 employees at its headquarters in St. Louis County and more than 20,000 around the globe. 

  • Raegan Johnson is project manager of Environmental Safety and Health at Monsanto, which has 5,000 employees at its headquarters in St. Louis County and more than 20,000 around the globe. 

  • Raegan Johnson is project manager of Environmental Safety and Health at Monsanto, which has 5,000 employees at its headquarters in St. Louis County and more than 20,000 around the globe. 

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  • The St. Louis Surge clinched their regional title with a 104-76 victory over the Kansas Nuggets last Saturday night at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. With the victory, the Surge (11-1) advance to this weekend’s WBCBL National Tournament in New Orleans.

  • The Royal Scars, in purple, defend their turf against a rival gang in the Teens Make History Players’ production of  “St. Louis Now” at the Missouri History Museum.

  • Vanessa Robinson Keith

  • Angel Baked Cookies is a social enterprise program of North Grand Neighborhood Services. Since it began, Angel Baked has had a 100 percent high school graduation rate for all participants, and 85 percent of them have continued on to higher education.

  • Charmaine Smith
  • Victor G. Williams II, MD
  • Charles Jackson

  • Shelly Sterling, shown here with Floyd Mayweather Jr., will soon find herself in the money after a judge ruled in favor of her sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion.

  • Robert Wallace
  • Brandis Jones
  • Andreal Hoosman

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