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On Tues, March 17, The St. Louis American’s 98th birthday, we spoke to one of our readers about what The St. Louis American means to them.🙌🏿🗞️💻🧭

📸 Lawrence Bryant | St. Louis American

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St. Louis’ ‘borderland’ past shaped by slavery and contradiction Joseph Heathcott, an urban-studies professor at New York’s New School who spent more than a decade studying and teaching in St. Louis, famously described the city as a “weird, borderland city.” He used the phrase to capture St. Louis as a place never fully North or South, yet deeply shaped by racial tension and contradiction. […]

'St. Louis’ ‘borderland’ past shaped by slavery and contradiction'

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Black Press Day 2025: Celebrating 198 Years of Black Media | Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Black Press Day 2025 celebrates 198 years of Black journalism, amplifying Black voices, holding institutions accountable, and ensuring representation.

On March 16, 1827, Freedom’s Journal became 1st Black-owned/operated newspaper in US. Founders, John Russwurm & Samuel Cornish, launched a publication that gave Black Americans something they had been denied — a voice.
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