Black Voices

St. Louis-based artist Damon Davis worked with the experimental classical ensemble Alarm Will Sound to create “Ligeia Mare,” an opera based in Black musical forms. They’ll perform a 20-minute excerpt tonight in a program that also includes new music by seven other composers.

Kelly McGowan founded Transform 314 to engage and educate Black St. Louisans on local government and civic processes.

Word in Black, a digital website that publishes national news and local content from 10 local Black newspapers — including The St. Louis American — has been incorporated into a public benefit company.

The longtime civil rights and voting rights activist died Thanksgiving Day in O'Fallon, Illinois. Scott spent 32 years as the head of the East St. Louis NAACP branch.

Tony Reed and Lisa Davis are two of three Black distance runners to complete 100 marathons, marathons in all 50 states and a marathon on all seven continents — including Antarctica.

Film lovers in the St. Louis region will get a chance to see award-winning movies when the Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival returns this week. The festival will again feature films that highlight the often-overlooked contributions of notable Black Americans.

From New York to Los Angeles, people everywhere develop speech patterns unique to their region; however, these varied dialects are discriminated against…