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Politics
U.S. lawmakers mark Juneteenth with talk of ‘abolition amendment’
As the nation this week made Juneteenth a federal holiday, honoring when the last enslaved Black people learned they were free, lawmakers…
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Opinion
Jaco: Missouri Trumpworld’s idiot theater casts St. Louis as the villain
As we approach sort-of-normal, at least for sane St. Louisans who’ve been vaccinated, theater is back. The Muny. Shakespeare in…
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Black History Month
18th-century school for Black children to be moved, restored
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — William & Mary University and Colonial Williamsburg are teaming up to preserve the legacy of an…
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Black History Month
At least 160 Confederate symbols taken down in 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — When rioters tore through the U.S. Capitol last month, some of them gripping Confederate battle flags,…
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Black History Month
Senate resolution condemns 1852 Dred Scott decision by Supreme Court
For two brief periods of his life, Dred Scott was a free man. The first period of freedom began with…
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Crime
Clay helps lead effort to rid Constitution of loophole for prison labor
NEW YORK (AP) — National lawmakers introduced on Wednesday a joint resolution aimed at striking language from the U.S. Constitution…
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Featured
Jefferson City takes down disputed plaque to Confederate general
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri’s capital has removed a Civil War marker dedicated to a Confederate general amid a dispute…
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Coronavirus
Barr under fire for comparing virus lock-in to slavery
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr drew sharp condemnation Thursday for comparing lockdown orders during the coronavirus pandemic to…
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News
Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after Civil War
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Long a symbol of pride to some and hatred to others, the Confederate battle flag is…
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Featured
March here begins where Dred Scott slavery case was heard
DOWNTOWN (AP) — A march Friday commemorating Juneteenth in St. Louis began at the most appropriate of places — the…
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Art
New sculpture to honor all slaves who sued for freedom
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Efforts are underway to raise $1 million for a downtown St. Louis monument to honor the…
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