Category: Black History Month

By Pancho Rucker Dear North St. Louis, You have been the most impactful thing to ever affect and influence my life. You’ve raised a boy and showed him how to be…

By Daniel F. Yezbick Over the last few decades, multimodal stories that employ both words and images have gained immense popularity with audiences of all ages, from elementary readers to…

By Andre Smith The concept of modern policing and “blackness” is wrought with a history of institutions that were initially organized to support the oppressive system of slavery and then…

By Marvin-Alonzo Greer “Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?” read a sign after the East St. Louis race riot. Despite the increasing racial terror of the early…

February is well known as Black History Month. But the month of March is important in Civil Rights history.  One particularly poignant event happened on March 9, 1965, when the…

By Rosalind Early If you read “Gone With the Wind” or “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” popular but inaccurate depictions of life in the American South during slavery, you’ll see the stereotypical…

By Amanda J. Muhammad Before coming to America, I never gave much thought to my race. However, the longer I am in the country the more I reflect on my…

By Alandrea Stewart For more than 160 years, people of all backgrounds have benefited from the exceptional instruction that is the legacy of Harris-Stowe State University. Harris-Stowe is a public,…

By Pamela Hornsby-Irvin I was dining out in the Delmar Loop with my bestie, and I conjured up a conversation with an African-American lady who had two beautiful daughters and…

By Andrea Scott On Jan. 20, many people celebrated historical leaders on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I celebrate his life every day by sharing my own life story, and…

By Shakia Gullette Historically, Black History Month encourages us all to reflect, recognize and re-engage with the historical legacy of those from our past and present. In 1915, Carter G.…