2008

Secretary of State, Robin Carnahan, announced yesterday, Feb. 28, 08, that her office has placed online a five-part video series highlighting African-American genealogy. African-American Genealogy: Putting Together the Pieces of Your Past was created by…

This is how Jet Magazine reported on March 22, 1993: Freeman Bosley Jr., is poised to become St. Louis’ first Black mayor after winning 44 percent of the vote in a four-man Democratic primary. Bosley,…

At yesterday’s town hall meeting on the latest proposal to close more schools in St. Louis City, Deanna Anderson, St. Louis Public Schools’ Director of Operations, began the meeting by assuring everyone that no final…

According to a story published just today on FirstAmendmentCenter.org, Charles Lee “Cookie” Thornton, who allegedly walked into the Kirkwood City Hall and shot seven people, including Mayor Mike Swoboda, had just lost a federal court…

DENVER — A fixture at political events in Missouri, Bob Levin (also known as “Button Bob”) is in Denver at the Democratic National Convention selling political buttons all around town and at the hotel in…

Prominent St. Louisians David Steward, founder and chairman of World Wide Technology, and U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, Jr., are among Ebony Magazine’s “Power 150″ list of the Most Influential Black Americans of 2008. The…

Fresh off his widely praised debate performance last week at Washington University in St. Louis, Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee Joe Biden will return to Missouri this week to spend two days holding events that will…