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Damon Davis and Sabaah Folayan’s Ferguson documentary ‘Whose Streets?’ opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, August 11
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Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Kathleen Guerrein and Driver/Registration Specialist Anthony Floyd are part of the medical mobile team in the mobile clinic that Affinia Healthcare has been offering at Normandy High School. Its last day is Monday, August 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Mama Lisa and the folk performers of Fundisha Enterprises staged “And the Broom Jumped Back: A Pioneer Tale of Love and Marriage” at the Missouri History Museum on Sunday, July 16. Joining the musical cast this year was violinist Bell Darris, guitarist Atum Jones and returning percussionist Jackie Sharp. This summer’s cast will return to school in the fall with an enriched knowledge of the sacrifices and challenges black families faced as they traveled along the Oregon Trail.
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A full day of festivities on August 12 at the Missouri History Museum will commemorate the day that Dred and Harriet Scott were granted their freedom.
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Mother Theresa E. Bolden with gospel legends The Clark Sisters (Karen Clark Sheard, Jacky Clark Chisholm, Dorinda Clark-Cole and Twinkie Clark Terrell). Mother Bolden, who serves as Eastern Missouri First Jurisdiction supervisor of the Department of Women for the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), recently celebrated her 100th birthday.
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President Donald Trump encouraging police to rough up suspects in Brentwood, New York on Friday, July 28.
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Resources meant to improve health for residents of various ages have sprouted up across the 24:1 community in north county, including free fitness classes, a free summer youth softball league, and a planned expansion of the 7-mile St. Vincent’s Greenway walking and biking trail.
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Resources meant to improve health for residents of various ages have sprouted up across the 24:1 community in north county, including free fitness classes, a free summer youth softball league, and a planned expansion of the 7-mile St. Vincent’s Greenway walking and biking trail.
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Michael Neidorff, president and CEO of Centene Corporation (and board chair of the National Urban League) co-chaired the 107th National Urban League Annual Conference in St. Louis and spoke at the State of The Urban League Address on Wednesday, July 26 at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church. Early in the Ferguson unrest, Centene committed to building a $25 million Ferguson Service Center that brought more than 250 jobs to the region, with an emphasis on staffing from Ferguson and North St. Louis County.
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David Steward, founder and chairman of World Wide Technology, co-chaired the 107th National Urban League Annual Conference in St. Louis and spoke at the State of The Urban League Address on Wednesday, July 26 at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church.
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Urban League volunteer Carolyn Abernathy hands out gifts during the agency’s Back to School Fair at the America’s Center.
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Hundreds of pairs of shoes were given out last Saturday during the Urban Leagues Back to School Fair at the America’s Center.
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Pastor B T Rice is pastor of New Horizon Christian church and a faith-based consultant for Bridges to Care and Recovery, which seeks to mobilize churches in North St. Louis and North St. Louis County to support the behavioral health treatment and recovery of congregants.
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Adrien Broner fails at an attempted shoulder roll and eats a jab from Mikey Garcia. Broner needs to abandon his attempts to become the next Floyd Mayweather Jr. and become more aggressive in the ring if he wants to reach his potential.
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Rev. William Barber II was the keynote speaker of the Gospel Brunch and Family Session on Saturday, July 29, one of the final events of the 107th National Urban League Annual Conference in St. Louis. He is pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, president of the North Carolina NAACP and creator of the Moral Mondays Movement.
Photo by Wiley Price
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Rev. Traci Blackmon, RBC Executive Director Kathy Osborn, Missouri Treasurer Eric Schmitt, Captain Ron Johnson and Bakari Sellers participated in the forum on Ferguson organized by the National Urban League on Friday, July 28 as part of its 2017 Annual Conference in St. Louis.Photo by Wiley Price
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Mother Theresa E. Bolden with gospel legends The Clark Sisters (Karen Clark Sheard, Jacky Clark Chisholm, Dorinda Clark-Cole and Twinkie Clark Terrell). Mother Bolden, who serves as Eastern Missouri First Jurisdiction supervisor of the Department of Women for the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), recently celebrated her 100th birthday.
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The Summer Olympics will head to Los Angeles in 2028, according to a spokeswoman for L.A. City Council President Herb Wesson.
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Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director, two sources tell CNN. Scaramucci is seen here speaking on CNN’s ‘New Day’ on July 26, 2017. (File Photo)
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