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Sylvester Brown Jr. has released a story collection, "White Castles With Jesus & Uncle Ray At The Used Tire Shop." He discussed it and his long career in St. Louis journalism, including his tenure at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, on St. Louis on the Air.
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Years of unchecked rhetoric from President Donald Trump provided the seeds for violence at the U.S. Capitol, said Karen Aroesty, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League's Heartland office in St. Louis.
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Vandals spray-painted racist messages on the outside of three Kirkwood schools Wednesday, the latest in a string of racial incidents in recent years in St. Louis County school districts.
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The number of black men in St. Louis and St. Louis County who died of opioid drug overdoses increased between 2018 and 2019, even as those deaths declined…
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The average protester might seem like a young adult, but parents are also bringing out their children with them to demonstrate. On Wednesday’s St. Louis…
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Racism isn’t just a topic in the streets, as St. Louis has joined cities across the nation in marching against police brutality toward people of color.…
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The Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis is speaking out against racism and pledging support for the Black Lives Matter movement.On Sunday, the…
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What’s in a word? The answer is a whole lot when it comes to words such as “race” and “racism.” And contemporary definitions of these terms can vary…
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Author Candacy Taylor’s stepfather grew up in the Jim Crow South. But it wasn’t until she began researching her new book, “Overground Railroad: The Green…
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In April 1968, Jane Elliott was a third grade teacher in the small town of Riceville, Iowa. On the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated,…