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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…
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The team in charge of making sure that the city of Ferguson is complying with a federal consent decree will be in St. Louis on Wednesday to hear from the…
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Updated June 16, 2016 with more information from the Education Department — It appears St. Louis Public Schools will face no immediate financial…
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When it premiered in 1987, the 14-hour documentary series “Eyes on the Prize” was the definitive story of the civil rights movement from 1954 to the…
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Updated Feb. 12 with comments from Mayor James Knowles III. -- The Department of Justice on Wednesday filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of…
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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the city of Ferguson, alleging widespread constitutional violations in how it polices its…
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This segment will be rebroadcast on Monday, January 18, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. It was originally aired on January 16, 2014. You can also…
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A statewide group that advises the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says the federal government needs to be gathering a lot more information about police…
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The City of St. Louis would be the first stop on a proposed national trail to mark historic sites in the struggle for African American civil rights, if…
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Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, a civil rights march in Selma, Ala., that ended when hundreds of demonstrators were attacked and…