Black Lives Matter

Coffee Wright founded the St. Louis Inner City Cultural Center Enterprise 20 years ago. This year, the organization is partnering with the Missouri History Museum for a Friday night Juneteenth event. This photo is from her group's second annual Juneteenth

Education

A Teachable Moment: Juneteenth Offers The Nation Lessons On Black America And Equality

Andrea Y. Henderson

For generations, June 19 has been a day of celebration of heritage and liberation for many African Americans. Family and community gatherings across the…

Deborah Krause, a long-time faculty member and former academic dean at Eden Theological Seminar, will become the school's 13th president on July 1.

Arts

For The First Time in 170 Years, Eden Seminary Will Have A Female President

Shahla Farzan

Eden Theological Seminary is preparing to appoint its first-ever female president.Longtime Eden faculty member and former academic Dean Deborah Krause…

Government, Politics & Issues

Black Protesters In The St. Louis Area Hope New Wave Of Activism Ends Police Brutality

Andrea Y. Henderson

After decades of protests against police brutality, 19-year-old Kenidra Adams thought stopping officers from killing black people would be a top priority…

Members of the Islamic Foundation marched from Parkway West High School to Parkway West Middle School on Sunday to support the movement to end police brutality and racial injustice against black people.

Government, Politics & Issues

Islamic Foundation Expresses Solidarity With African Americans Against Injustice

Andrea Y. Henderson

The Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis is speaking out against racism and pledging support for the Black Lives Matter movement.On Sunday, the…

About 100 demontrators, many of them children, walk onto the Arch grounds Sunday June 14, 2020, to protest police violence. It was just one of several such protests over the weekend.

Government, Politics & Issues

For A Third Weekend, St. Louis Saw A Slew of Anti-Police Brutality Protests

Ryan Delaney

Activists again took to streets, parks and intersections across the St. Louis region this weekend to call for an end to heavy-handed policing tactics.At…

Quincy man attends a local protest on May, 31, 2020.

Government, Politics & Issues

Quincy Protesters Affirm That Black Lives Matter

Lara Hamdan

Quincy, Illinois, is among the thousands of cities across the country where demonstrations against police brutality have taken place in the past two…

Jason Barney, center, locks arms with fellow protester Sunday June 7, 2020, in downtown St. Louis. He was among thousands who continued days of protests against police brutality.

Government, Politics & Issues

Demonstrators Chant, March And Sweat As Police Brutality Protests Continue

Ryan Delaney

Kyla Hawkins sat on the steps of St. Louis City Hall and tried to wipe the sweat off her face and the emotion off her mind. She leaned her forehead…

People prepare for a Black Lives Matter protest, June 5, 2020

Government, Politics & Issues

Protesters March Against Racism Through Freeburg, O'Fallon, IL

Editor's note: This story was originally published in the Belleville News-Democrat. Updated 3 p.m. with O'Fallon protest informationHigh school students…

Jalen Thompson hugs fellow friends and organizers of a Black Lives Matter demonstration on June 1, 2020.

Government, Politics & Issues

O'Fallon Teens' Protest Draws Huge Community Support, Despite Initial Pushback

Lara Hamdan

Seventeen-year-old Jalen Thompson and his friends Ryan Staples, Joseph Bartholomew and Ryan Fetsch had barely wrapped up their senior year at Fort Zumwalt…

Protesters marched down Main Street in St. Charles Wednesday to condemn the recent killing of an unarmed black man at the hands of Minneapolis police.

Government, Politics & Issues

Hundreds March Upon St. Charles To Protest Police Brutality

Shahla Farzan

Hundreds of protesters marched in St. Charles on Wednesday, blocking traffic on Route 94 and later filling Main Street with a crowd that stretched more…