Frankie Freeman

Among the names of those who have been most involved in advancing civil rights in St. Louis, Frankie Muse Freeman’s is one of the most prominent.On…

Almost 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, the key focus of area civil rights leaders is to keep the national leader’s legacy — and message —…

Updated Jan. 17, 2018 with funeral informationFrankie Freeman’s career as a criminal defense lawyer didn’t last long.Freeman, who died Friday at age 101,…

More than half a century ago, civil rights attorney Frankie Muse Freeman became the first woman appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. At that…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis American, and is used with permission: Frankie Muse Freeman’s mother once shared a poem with her.“There’s a…

More than 140 names grace a section of Delmar Boulevard known as the St. Louis Walk of Fame.One of three inductees this year is longtime civil rights…

There’s a new name gracing the St. Louis Walk of Fame. Today a star was dedicated to civil rights advocate and attorney Frankie Muse Freeman.The…

Civil disobedience is a likely next step among those protesting the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson. Highway shutdowns plans, for example, were…

St. Louis attorney and civil rights activist Frankie Freeman is to be honored in two ways Thursday.Along with receiving the 96th Spingarn Medal from the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 10, 2011 - St. Louis lawyer Frankie M. Freeman is being honored with the Spingarn Medal, the…