Harriet Patton

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 5, 2013 - Five years have passed. People don’t talk much about Cookie Thornton anymore. The…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 21, 2012 - Harriet Patton, the leader of Meacham Park community in Kirkwood, says that a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 29, 2010 - Early in 2007, Mayor Mike Swoboda delivered a candid warning to the Kirkwood…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 15, 2010 - The main focus of Kirkwood's new racial mediation agreement is improving the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 11, 2010 - During the months after the Feb. 7, 2008, Kirkwood City Hall killings, several…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 20, 2010 - Officials from the city of Kirkwood and the U.S. Department of Justice will sign a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 20, 2010 - The Kirkwood City Council voted Thursday night to adopt a mediation agreement…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 17, 2009 - The president of the Meacham Park Neighborhood Association has resigned from the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Sept. 5, 2008 - A film on white privilege had just concluded and the 140 people at Saturday's meeting…