Honoring our late elder Joyce Best this #WomensHistoryMonth

A lifelong activist for racial equality, peace, and justice, Joyce participated in CORE sit-ins, challenged housing segregation, and lived her Ethical Humanist values through steady, courageous action.

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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'

🖋 Sylvester Brown, Jr. | The St. Louis American
📸 Photo from nps.org

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From closure to preservation VaNetta Clark remembers the atmosphere inside the Scullin School as electrifying. “We’ve had individuals describe what their experience was like coming into the space,” Clark said. “It was so enlivening. It just felt like you were getting a really big hug.” Clark is pursuing her Ph.D. at Washington University in St. Louis in education policy. […]

'From closure to preservation'

🖋 Hiba Ahmad | St. Louis Public Radio
📸 Photo courtesy of WashU

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'Mill Creek is family, and St. Louis history'

🖋 Kenya Vaughn | The St. Louis American
📸 Taylor Marrie | St. Louis American

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🚨 BREAKING: The **Annie Malone May Day Parade** is back on, thanks to incredible community support! St. Louis, this is OUR tradition, and we’re making it happen! 🏙️🎊 #STLHistory #STL #stlouis

🚨 BREAKING: The **Annie Malone May Day Parade** is back on, thanks to incredible community support! St. Louis, this is OUR tradition, and we’re making it happen! 🏙️🎊 #STLHistory #STL #stlouis

We are on a weather Roller coaster, but that's nothing new. The recorded temperature range in STL is 138 degrees ... from a record high of 115 to the record low of of -23!
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