• TeByron Graham’s Freddie G’s Chicken and Waffles restaurant has bucked a trend during the pandemic. According to FORBES, Black business ownership declined more than 40% between February and April of 2020, and a House Committee on Small Business report concluded that Black businesses suffered the largest number of closures among any ethnic group in America due to the pandemic.

  • A coffin containing soil from Missouri, France and Monaco where Josephine Baker made her mark, is carried into the Pantheon, the France’s hallowed tomb of heroes, in Paris on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Thousands of French citizens along with visitors from around the world came to Paris, lining the streets for the solemn service at the Pantheon, the final resting place for French luminaries. Baker is the first Black woman to receive the country’s highest honor. Her body remained in Monaco at the request of her family. She is buried at the Monaco-Louis II Cemetery. 

  • Operation Food Search volunteer Ashley Settle carrying milk to waiting cars during a food drive. The St. Louis Area Foodbank and Operation Food Search held a drive-thru food distribution event Tuesday morning, Nov. 30. The event took place in the parking lot of DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, Mo. 

  • Operation Food Search volunteer Ashley Settle and Theresa Reisinger with SSM Health waiting to take food to cars during a food drive. The St. Louis Area Foodbank and Operation Food Search held a drive-thru food distribution event Tuesday morning, Nov. 30. The event took place in the parking lot of DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, Mo.

  • About 400 students took part in a Stop The Violence march from Wohl Recreation Center in the city’s Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood to Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School in the city’s Covenant Blu/ Grand Center neighborhood where students made speech’s in support of a non violent community Wed. Dec. 1, 2021.

  • About 400 students took part in a Stop The Violence march from Wohl Recreation Center in the city’s Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood to Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School in the city’s Covenant Blu/ Grand Center neighborhood where students made speech’s in support of a non violent community Wed. Dec. 1, 2021. 

  • About 400 students took part in a Stop The Violence march from Wohl Recreation Center in the city’s Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood to Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School in the city’s Covenant Blu/ Grand Center neighborhood where students made speech’s in support of a non violent community Wed. Dec. 1, 2021.

  • CBC Head coach Justin Tatum showing his displeasure with the play calling Friday night Nov. 26, 2021 at Ritter. The Cadets of CBC would defeat the Lions of Cardinal Ritter 71-56 at Ritter. 

  • CBC’s John Bol (11) coming down with the rebound over Cardinal Ritter’s Jordan Nichols (5) during game action Fri. Nov. 26, 2021. The Cadets would defeat the Lions 71-56 at Ritter. 

  • CBC’s John Bol (11) pulling down the rebound over Cardinal Ritter’s Robert Lewis (22) during game action Fri. Nov. 26, 2021 at Ritter. 

  • CBC head Coach Justin Tatum voicing his displeasure with a call during game action Fri. Nov. 26, 2021. The Cadets of CBC would defeat the Lions of Cardinal Ritter 71-56 at Ritter.

  • Cardinal Ritter College Prep Head Coach Ryan Johnson giving second half direction during their game against CBC Friday nov. 26, 2021 at Ritter. The Cadets of CBC would defeat the Lions of Cardinal Ritter 71-56. 

  • The Dragons Chase Hendricks on the way to his first of two touchdown catches Saturday Nov. 27, 2021. The Dragons would defeat the Bulldogs of Mexico 62-16 in the Mo. Class 3 football semifinal at St. Mary’s. It will be St. Mary’s first appearance in a state football championship game in school history.

  • St. Mary’s wide receiver De’Shawn Fuller (5) ends the first half with a 3-yard touchdown run to give the Dragons a 48-0 lead over Mexico at halftime. 

  • The Bulldogs Anthony Shivers (30) slips past the grip of St. Mary’s Diamond Casseuss (6) during Class 3 football semifinal action at St. Mary’s Sat. Nov. 27, 2021.

  • Dragons running back Jamal Roberts (20) scoring on a 12-yard run Sat. Nov. 27, 2021 in the Mo. Class 3 football semifinal Saturday Nov. 27, 2021. Roberts finished with 170 yards rushing.

  • Dragons running back Jamal Roberts (2) on his way to the second of two touchdowns during their 62-16 win over the Bulldogs of Mexico in the Mo. Class 3 football semifinal Saturday Nov. 27, 2021 at St. Mary’s. It will be the school’s first appearance in a state football championship game in its history. 

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