Slavery

For more than 150 years, people have told the tale of "Mother" Priscilla Baltimore, a former slave who is said to have led 11 families of fugitive and…

On the 159th anniversary of Mary Meachum's attempted crossing of the Mississippi River — from what was at the time the slave state of Missouri to the free…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 27, 2012 - Americans recognize that many of the nation’s founders owned slaves, but author…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 4, 2011 - We must begin to understand why some African Americans exhibit some detrimental…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 18, 2011 - Last Saturday, Jan. 15, during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, Angela da…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 26, 2009 - In 1972, I first saw the sign in Alton, at the site of the historic debate between…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 17, 2009 - The moment that changed Carolyn Langston's life happened around a wide kitchen…