Little Rock Nine member Thelma Mothershed-Wair died this month in Arkansas. She taught in East St. Louis for nearly 20 years before retiring and working at the St. Clair County Jail and Juvenile Detention Center. She was 83.

When Tina Weber rides her motorcycle, she transforms into Bubbles — “a badass” — and can leave her traumatic past behind. But when surgery forced her off her Harley Nighthawk this summer, she had to find healing elsewhere.

Park Central Development opened the Eric Outlaw Business Center, a minority retail business incubator this month in the Grove. For the next 14 months, three Black women entrepreneurs will sell their products in the center to help scale their businesses.

Greenwood Cemetery has been through a major transformation in recent years. This week, the historic Black cemetery is celebrating its 150th anniversary and a renewed push to restore and preserve its grounds.

The Teddy and Friends Unlimited Play Playground is designed to allow children who have a disability to safely and independently play.

The St. Louis Reparations Commission issued its final report Tuesday. The report includes recommendations for recognition and restitution for racial injustices in policing, education, housing, health and community.

Vigils are taking worldwide to commemorate the approximately 1,200 killed in the Hamas attacks a year ago. The Jewish Federation of St. Louis is holding a one-year remembrance event Monday evening.

Black designers make up only 7% of the nation’s fashion industry. The St. Louis Fashion Fund is spotlighting Black fashion designers in the area with a conversation on the rewards and challenges of being Black in the industry and the future of fashion in the area.

The St. Louis Reparations Commission presented a draft of its harm report during the committee’s final meeting Monday at City Hall. The proposed report includes recommendations for recognition and redistribution, eligibility requirements based on lineage or proof of residency and personal narratives woven into issue areas like police brutality, health and housing discrimination.

Gabe Montesanti moved to St. Louis to further her education as a writer, but little did she know she would find so much more in the world of roller derby.