2022 Black History e-Editions
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law 58 years ago this weekend, with the goal of making real the 15th Amendment’s guarantee that no American citizen be denied the right to vote on account of race.
Ulysses Grant, the celebrated Union Army general who would become U.S. president, spent many years living and working on land which has since become Grant’s Farm.
On July 3, 1917, continuing violence raged in East St. Louis, Illinois, as white mobs attacked Black residents and destroyed their homes and other property. The primary outbreak of violence began on July 2, 1917, when white residents of East St. Louis and other nearby communities ambushed Af…
For those who think the Juneteenth story we’ve been taught is all we and our children need to know about June 19, 1865, think again. Here are some unique perspectives on Juneteenth shared by nationally-acclaimed scholars.
It’s been referred to by some media outlets as “a miracle in Missouri.”
Several Black families resided in Kirkwood for decades before an expansion of Kirkwood Park cost them their longtime homes.
In a nation often bent towards forgetting, 85-year-old author A. Peter Bailey speaks proudly of his relationship with Malcolm X.
“We remember Justin Walker. We remember Jason Slater. We remember Darius Houston. We remember Raana Lewis. We remember Mansur Ball-Bey.” The list of names became longer as surviving mothers of deceased children joined together in honoring and remembering the names of their late children.
While admitting “I don’t know how I would have fared in those times,” St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Jordan Walker honored Jackie Robinson for helping him become a Major League Baseball player.
Several weeks ago, a co-worker of mine at KSDK “5 On Your Side first chatted with me about something I have often thought about during my journalism career.
Isn't it marvelous how the St. Louis American has grown and prospered over our lifetimes??
On April 4, we celebrate the birthday and phenomenal life of the late American cultural icon, writer and performing artist Maya Angelou. Angelou was born Marguerite Annie Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. Like other writers whose work examines racism and sexism, her books hav…
On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed while standing on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. King was in the city to speak on his growing Poor People's Campaign and to support an economic protest by Black sanitation workers.
The St. Louis American is among a very few newspapers in the country that has created its own 501(c)3 foundation.
Four days after The St. Louis American was founded on March 17, 1928, Charles Lindbergh was presented the Medal of Honor for his solo transatlantic flight a year earlier.
As The St. Louis American celebrates 95 years of service, we proudly reflect on a legacy of excellence that has been reinforced by our peers in the news industry.
In March of 1928, Jefferson and Market streets were the financial centers of Black St. Louis, and The St. Louis American was about to open an office on the ground floor of the Peoples Finance Building, a modern, five-story office building at 11 North Jefferson In the heart of the Mill Creek Valley.
The late Bennie G. Rodgers joined the St. Louis American staff as a reporter during the 1940s and remained an integral part of its editorial staff for more than 50 years. After he passed away in 2000, he was honored for his service and dedication with the title of Executive Editor Emeritus o…
When Donald M. Suggs joined the publisher team of The St. Louis American, Michael Jordan had yet to play one game in the NBA, the CD player had just came out, and gasoline cost less than $1 a gallon.
Recently, I’ve had the honor and the pleasure of being in the lives of 90-ish year-old Black women. We’re all related by blood. Three of the women are biologically related; the others share the ancient blood of an African people running through our veins. What I’m learning about their lives …
Melba A. Sweets was already a young woman of 19 when the first edition of The St. Louis American rolled off the presses back in March 1928.
All throughout my 38-year career of covering sports in the St. Louis metro area, the one question that I am probably asked more than any other is who are the best basketball players to come out of the area.
When St. Louis’ Black population called for another “colored paper” to serve St. Louis 85 years ago, the city’s most prominent lawyers, teachers and businessmen stepped up to offer their support and pocket-books.
It was the end of the "Roaring 20's."
In nearly every respect, the landscape of our region and indeed the country is quite different than it was 95 years ago. The separate and unequal existence perpetuated by institutional racism was a harsh reality for many citizens. Their plight fell mostly upon deaf ears among the complicit m…
The St. Louis American has grown its digital solutions exponentially to better serve our audience and the entire community. Founded in 1928, The St. Louis American was on the vanguard of Black legacy newspapers that ventured into the digital terrain over two decades ago.
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