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Chaplain Barry C. Black interpreted scripture with such profundity that he had the other clergy in the sanctuary, like Pastor Brandon Blake of New Sunny Mount Missionary Baptist Church, literally leaning forward when he delivered the sermon at the celebration of the 22nd anniversary of New Horizon Christian Church on Saturday, February 8.
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Chaplain Barry C. Black, the chaplain of the U.S. Senate, delivered the sermon at the celebration of the 22nd anniversary of New Horizon Christian Church on Saturday, February 8.
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“Hair Love” writer, co-director and co-producer Matthew Cherry is joined by David Steward II, the team behind “Hair Love” and DeAndre Arnold, the Texas teen who may not be allowed to walk at his high school graduation because of his refusal to cut his dreadlocks. Arnold was invited to attend the Academy Awards as a guest of the filmmakers as a result of the controversy.
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Craig Thomas, Bradd Young, M.C. and Vega Heartbreak at the premiere for the
video ‘Monday’ Sunday afternoon at Marcus Des Peres Cinema.
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Lutheran High School North’s Laila Blakeny (25) goes up for two of her 17 points on the night past Vashon’s Raychel Jones (5) during game action Thu. Feb. 6, 2020 at Lutheran North. The Lady Crusaders would defeat the Lady Wolverines 50-47.
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Lutheran North (14-0) won its sixth state championship and its first since 1999. It was the first time in school history that the Lutheran North Crusaders finished undefeated. After the season, John Burroughs School, a nine-time state champion, announced it would become the third school in the Metro League to remove the Crusaders from their schedule.
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St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley recently honored the Normandy Schools Collaborative for its longtime partnership in the campus’ early college programs. Normandy received the Dr. Rance Thomas Excellence in Community Partnership Award at the January 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Normandy was recognized for being one of the first districts to sign on and consistently enroll high school students to simultaneously pursue their diploma and associate degrees. Normandy Superintendent of Schools Charles J. Pearson (center) is shown here with Rance Thomas (left), community leader for whom the award was presented, and Elizabeth Gassel Perkins, Florissant Valley provost.
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Rev. William J. Barber II sang the gospel, along with Yara Allen and Rev. Traci Blackmon, during “The Revival: Time for a Moral Revolution of Values,” held at Christ The King United Church of Christ in Ferguson in 2016. He will speak and preach at New Life in Christ Church in O’Fallon, Illinois 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 26 as part of its White Privilege/Black Pride series.
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Janitors and allies protested in downtown St. Louis on Monday, January 27 in support of a $15 an hour wage for the city’s janitorial workers.
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In 2017, 74 percent of African-American youth in Missouri who went through this process were certified to be tried as adults, compared to 26 percent of their white peers. In 2018 data, it was 56 percent of African-American youth compared to 50 percent of white juveniles.
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St. Louis-area chapters of The Links, Inc. received training to become breast health equity ambassadors and to share information about breast health and breast cancer prevention.
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St. Louis County Police Chief Jon M. Belmar, observed by Roland Corvington, who resigned as chair of the St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners in October.
Photo by Wiley Price
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New vehicle for STEM education