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Steve Baybo, a fifth-grade teacher at Twillman Elementary School, facilitates a math drill for the Mathletes, an afterschool club of boys in the fourth and fifth grades who explore everyday mathematics. Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American
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The Black Rep’s presentation of August Wilson’s Seven Guitars continues through April 23 at Harris-Stowe State University’s Emerson Performance Center.
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David Steward II helps his grandmother Dorothy Steward cut the ribbon on the Harold and Dorothy Center for Jazz at the grand opening in 2014.
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AKA Day at the Capitol was held on March 14 in Jefferson City. The Central Region (St. Louis) and Mid-Western Region (Jefferson City, Kansas City and Springfield) of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated met for its annual Advocacy Day, including a meeting with Governor Eric R. Greitens. The sorority’s areas of focus this year are advocating on behalf of education, healthcare and social justice. Stacy Edwards is the Central Region Missouri State coordinator.
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Matthew Desmond, a Harvard University professor and author of the book “Evicted,” spoke at the Equal Housing Opportunity Council’s conference on evictions on April 6.
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Mayor Lyda Krewson was sworn in on Tuesday by Mike Wolff, former Missouri Supreme Court chief justice.
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Edwardsville’s Mark Smith and East St. Louis’ Jeremiah Tilmon are two top targets for Mizzo’s final two basketball scholarships. Both are expected to make decisions on where they will suit up in the fall in the very near future.
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Koran Addo, seen here on his Twitter profile as a journalist, left the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to serve as spokesman for Mayor Lyda Krewson after covering the campaign that she won.
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Mizzou signees Michael Porter Jr. and Blake Harris with potential recruit Kevin Knox II during an official visit to the University of Missouri. Knox is expected to make an official decision on where he will attend college in the next few weeks.
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St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson makes his remarks after federal and local law enforcement officials announce the creation of Mission SAVE in St. Louis on July 20, 2015. Mission SAVE will identify the most violent criminals, to get them off the street and to curb gun violence and drug use. St. Louis has had 105 murders so far for 2015 compared to 157 for the entire year of 2014. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
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Ian Roberts II, a middle distance runner who competed in the 2000 Olympic Games and went on to earn a doctoral degree in Urban Educational Leadership from Morgan State University, spoke at Saint Louis Public School District’s 6th Annual Saint Louis Public Schools Scholar Athlete Luncheon on April 12.
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At the Saint Louis Public School District’s 6th Annual Saint Louis Public Schools Scholar Athlete Luncheon on April 12, more than 75 local sports and business leaders served as table role models, including Mike Jones, retired government official and member of the State Board of Education and the St. Louis American editorial board.
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Chris Jackson, chief of staff at Deloitte Growth Enterprise Services, spoke during the Global Leadership Forum Summit on April 6 at World Wide Technology.
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Tricia Clark James, the regional director for NPower St. Louis, spoke during the Global Leadership Forum Summit on April 6 at World Wide Technology.
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Protesters at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago opposed the implementation of President Trump’s Muslim travel ban on January 28.
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Koran Addo, seen here on his Twitter profile as a journalist, left the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to serve as spokesman for Mayor Lyda Krewson after covering the campaign that she won.
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Comptroller Darlene Green spoke at the inauguration of Mayor Lyda Krewson on April 18, 2017.
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Convicted murderer and former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was found hanged in his Massachusetts prison cell Wednesday morning, officials said, just days after he was acquitted in a separate murder case.
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The headquarters of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is located in the White River State Park in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The NCAA relocated to Indianapolis from Kansas City in 1999.
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STL native and author Areva Martin will be back in St. Louis on Monday, May 7 to discuss her new book ‘Make It Rain: How to Use the Media to Revolutionize Your Business and Brand’ at Maryville University.
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“#22” by Michael Marshall, mono print, 2011, 33 1/4” x 25 1/4″
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Past recipients of the Jamala Rogers Young Visionary join Rogers in congratulating Khaila Jones as the 2015 Young Visionary. Left to Right: Jessica Burns (2008), Rasheen Aldridge (2013), Jones, Rogers and Jonathan Long (2011).
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Steve Stephens, 37, is suspected of killing 74-year-old Robert Godwin on Sunday in a residential area east of Cleveland, police said.
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St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Judy Draper; Chelsea Draper, an assistant attorney general of the State of Missouri; and Missouri Supreme Court Justice George W. Draper III at the April 13 ribbon cutting for the YWCA Bessie T. Draper Early Head Start and Pregnant Women’s Center, 4642 W. Florissant Ave., which was named after his mother.
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Violet-Mosse Brown, known as Aunt V, celebrates her 117th birthday with her son, 97.
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Robert Godwin, 74, was killed Sunday, April 16, 2017 while walking down the sidewalk on a Cleveland street. Steve Stephens, 37, is charged with aggravated murder in the death of Godwin, a former manufacturing worker, self-taught mechanic, father of 10 and grandfather of 14.