• The Love and Laughter Ultimate Mother’s Day Concert starring Lavell Crawford (above) , Don “DC” Curry, Johnny Gill, Gary “G Thang” Johnson, Keith Sweat and Angela Winbush will take place at the Scottrade Center on Sunday, May 12.

  • KRS One in STL

  • This week 12-year NBA veteran Jason Collins came out as gay, and ESPN sportscaster Chris Broussard expressed his disapproval.

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  • James Haddon, PFM managing director and engagement leader for St. Louis
  • Kimberlin Simon

  • East St. Louis poet laureate Eugene B. Redmond (center) and other well wishers gather around Maya Angelou: Kikuko Imamura (front), talk show host-actress Rolanda Watts and Eleanor Linton.

  • Alice Windom (center) with hip hop artist Common (left) and Dr. Eugene B. Redmond at Dr. Maya Angelou’s 85th Birthday Celebration in 2013.

  • Rev. Dr. Ronald L. Bobo Sr., pastor of West Side Missionary Baptist Church and executive director of Sharing Hope International Ministries. Sharing Hope is hosting a fundraiser 7 p.m. Friday, May 17 at Orlando’s in Maryland Heights.

  • Sharrell Evans and Kiana Simmons listen intently at the inaugural “Rams Blitz: Youth Working Together to Break through Boundaries” held at Rams Park in Earth City.

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  • Pallbearers bear the remains of Ronda Fay Williams, senior corporate counsel at Savvis and beloved local Young Leader, from Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church after homegoing services on Monday.  

  • Family members pay their final respects during homegoing services for Ronda Fay Williams, senior corporate counsel at Savvis and beloved local Young Leader. Services were held Monday morning at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church.  

  • Rosemary Britts

  • Art Perry, 2013 Lifetime Achiever in Health Care, is a retired pharmacist and community activist.

  • Former Gateway Tech standout Sheldon Richardson was the first area player to hear his name called as he was a first-round pick by the New York Jets.

  • The Vashon Class of 1952 recently donated $3,200 to Annie Malone Children and Family Service Center. Annie Malone is celebrating its 125th anniversary. The 2013 Annie Malone May Day Parade will be held Sunday, May 19. A more complete report on anniversary activities will be in next week’s American. For more information about celebration events, call Annie Malone at 314-531-0120 or visit www.anniemalone.com.

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  • Bridget R. Cooks, professor of art history and African-American studies at the University of California- Irvine, discussed her book “Exhibiting Blackness: African Americans and the American Art Museum” Saturday at the Regional Arts Commission.

  • Ben Jealous

  • Alderman Freeman Bosley Sr., U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay and Alderman Terry Kennedy talk shop at City Hall before the recent inauguration of Mayor Francis G. Slay.

  • Benjamin Akande, dean of the Walker School of Business & Technology and leader of the Office of Corporate Partnerships, with Don Huonker, Walgreens senior vice president, global projects.

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  • Brandon Comer, CEO of CCG Asset Management
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  • Grayling Tobias, the new superintendent of Hazelwood School District, works with first grader ReSean Smith at Armstrong Elementary School. Tobias first came to the district in 2002 as the first African-American certified administrator at the central office level.

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  • David Noble

  • Chris Pickett, who previously worked as a public defender in rural Missouri and St. Louis city, is a partner at Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C. specializing in employment law.

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