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Local star Devon Alexander visited his alma mater Vashon High School on Tuesday to greet students and give away tickets to his fight Saturday night at the Scottrade Center against the hard-hitting Marcos Maidana.
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n No More Selections! We Want Elections! filmmaker Sengbe Kona Khasu documents Liberia’s first democratic election in more than 25 years.
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Roy Williams, president of the African-American consumer market, shaked hands with Martin Mathews to announce that McDonald’s is becoming the first $10,000 naming rights sponsor of the Mathews-Dickey at Bob Russell Park project. Contributors to the cause include Angela Weaver of McDonald’s Corporation and fellow owner/operators Steve Dawson, Ken Nelson, Judson Pickard Jr., Jamie Rivers and James Williams.
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In last weekend’s Missouri Class 4 state wrestling championships in Columbia, Parkway South’s Donnell Walker defeated defending champion Evan Boehm of Lee’s Summit West in the finals of the 285-pound class.
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In honor of Black History Month, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport had a rededication of the mural Black American In Flight last week. Tuskegee Airman and St. Louis native Christopher Newman, Crystal Pruitt (the daughter of Tuskegee Airman Wendell Pruitt) and mural artist Soloman Thurman hold a painging of a scene that will be added to the mural.
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George Allen with his mother, Lonzetta Taylor -
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Kevin Wilson presents “Developing a Business Plan” at the Regions Ride to Success – Small Business Seminar last Thursday. He is a Director for the Missouri Small Business Development Center located at the Greater St. Louis Empowerment Zone, specializing in issues dealing with the urban core.
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Jenifer Lewis headlined the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s IN UNISON Chorus’ Black History Month concert at Powell Symphony Hall.
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Lois Ingrum, Crystal Howard, Vanessa Hughes, Khalia Collier, Ericca Willis, Trina Claggett, Shuntae Shields Ryan, Eleanor Higgins and Capt. Mary Edwards-Fears represented at the kick-off luncheon for the local host committee for Who’s Who in Black St. Louis.
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, with daughters Sasha and Malia, attend Christmas services at the Marine Corp Base Hawaii chapel in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011.
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Judge George W. Draper and U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay at the Missouri Court of Appeals in St. Louis on February 10 when Judge Draper was sworn onto the Missouri Supreme Court.
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Area youth perform in Gitana Productions’ Living the Dream, by local playwright Lee Patton Chiles with choreography by Vivian Watt.
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With former Titans Chuck Cecil and Jeff Fisher on the Rams staff, it’s only natural there will be rumors for a free agent pick to be Courtland Finnegan (#31), a hard-hitting cornerback who was one of three Titans that went to the 2008 Pro Bowl.
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Heather Himes and Floyd Wilson of Beyond Measure Dance Theater dance to jazz and swing music during “Africa to America,” a Black History Month program at Twillman Elementary School, sponsored in part by Springboard and Twillman’s PTA.
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Vocalist Sandra Jamerson serenading Martin Mathews for his 87th Birthday.
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Black MBA Check Presentation -
Jamala Rogers of the Coalition Against Police Crimes and Repression testified before the Public Safety Committee of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen recently. The coalition opposes a local control ballot initiative funded by Rex Sinquefield and endorsed by Mayor Slay and the St. Louis Police Officers Association.
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Kayla Boyd, 12, double-dutches while dribbling a basketball during the second annual So You Got Moves Expo presented by the City of S Louis Department of Health. The event was held at St. Louis Community College–Forest Park. The expo focused on healthy lifestyles fo families within our community as part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s national Let’s Move initiative to address the obesity epidemic.
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Three educators from the Hazelwood School District were honored recently with Apple for the Teacher awards, presented by Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. Alpha Zeta Chapter. Michelle Pendleton, fifth-grade teacher, Townsend Elementary School; Robert Lawrence, principal, Hazelwood Central Middle School; and Shimikqua Ellis Jackson, communication arts teacher, Hazelwood East High School were among the awardees.
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As a sign of the city’s ongoing absence of leverage with Stan Kroenke and the Rams, city officials actually attempted to cheer the St. Louis Rams’ (essentially unilateral) decision to play three of its “home” games in London.
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Native St. Louisan Sheila Banks (Washington, DC) is excited about the release of her upcoming novel Bittersweet.