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Category: Black History Month

Icons of 1960s civil rights movement voice cautious optimism
Black History Month News Police Accountability The NorthSider
Icons of 1960s civil rights movement voice cautious optimism
The Associated Press7 months ago0

CINCINNATI (AP) — Bob Moses says America is at “a lurching moment” for racial change, potentially as transforming as the Civil War era and as the 1960s civil rights movement…

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Black Catholics demand actions, not just words, from church
Black History Month News Police Accountability The SouthSider
Black Catholics demand actions, not just words, from church
The Associated Press7 months ago0

NEW YORK (AP) — Black Roman Catholics are hearing their church’s leaders calling for racial justice once again after the killing of George Floyd, but this time they’re demanding not…

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Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action
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Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action
The Associated Press7 months ago0

In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would be marked by…

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My North Side love letter 
Black History Month
My North Side love letter 
Letter to the Editor11 months ago0

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…

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Picturing pride, prejudice, and protest: African American graphic novels
Black History Month
Picturing pride, prejudice, and protest: African American graphic novels
Letter to the Editor11 months ago0

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…

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Policing in America has been an institution of oppression
Black History Month
Policing in America has been an institution of oppression
Letter to the Editor11 months ago0

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…

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WWI infantryman was St. Louis’ own Harlem Hellfighter
Black History Month
WWI infantryman was St. Louis’ own Harlem Hellfighter
Letter to the Editor11 months ago1

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…

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Tour of Civil Rights sites teaches importance of history
Black History Month
Tour of Civil Rights sites teaches importance of history
Letter to the Editor11 months ago0

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…

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Recipes for respect: Book describes black food
Black History Month
Recipes for respect: Book describes black food
Letter to the Editor11 months ago0

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…

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Month puzzles black immigrants
Black History Month
Month puzzles black immigrants
Letter to the Editor11 months ago0

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…

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Harris-Stowe University has storied past
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Harris-Stowe University has storied past
Letter to the Editor11 months ago0

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,…

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For black men, clothing comes with a label
Black History Month
For black men, clothing comes with a label
Letter to the Editor11 months ago1

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…

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