Black Lives Matter

UMSL grad students Aaron Willis, right, and Mario Charles help students in the ULEAD program.

Education

ULEAD helps teens cope with stresses in their world

Dale Singer

In the face of tragic news about violent crime and clashes with police, students may feel they won’t get a fair shake from those who are in charge. A new…

Live Blog: Gunman Kills 5 Officers In Downtown Dallas; 1 Suspect Reported Dead

Associated Press

Five officers were killed and six others injured Thursday night in downtown Dallas after a protest over two recent fatal police shootings. A suspect was...

Ferguson activist Josh Williams, 20, is incarcerated in the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri, which also holds inmates awaiting execution.

Government, Politics & Issues

This 20 year old is serving the longest sentence from the Ferguson protests

Josh Williams was one of the youngest Ferguson activists protesting the police shooting death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in 2014. He was…

This group of 40 students from Arthur Smith Middle Magnet School in Alexandria, La., stopped by the Griot Museum of Black History last week on a spring break trip.

Arts

Boost in visitors, volunteers brings new energy to the Griot Museum of Black History

Nancy Fowler

Things are looking up for St. Louis’ struggling Griot Museum of Black History. Last fall, Griot founder Lois Conley could barely pay the bills. Plunging…

Rev. Osagyefo Sekou and Jay-Marie Hill pose for a portrait. The two wrote 11 songs together in six days just days after meeting at a demonstration.

Arts

Black Lives Matter activists release album with a message

The pulpit, streets full of protesters and a recording studio don’t have much in common. But for the Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, these three environments…