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The first known African American newspaper in Missouri was the Welcome Friend of St. Louis, which was in circulation by 1870. [1] Yet the first surviving issue of any such newspaper dates from 20 years later in 1890, when the sole surviving issue of The American Negro of Springfield was published.
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Left Bank Books currently presents 250 author events a year. Hosted authors have included U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, feminist writer and activist Gloria Steinem, humorist David Sedaris, poet Allen Ginsberg, author Toni Morrison, chef Rick Bayless, poet Anne Lamott, poet William Gass, sci-fi author Ann Leckie, graphic artist ...
The St. Louis Reparations Commission was created by St. Louis, Missouri Mayor Tishaura O. Jones, the first African-American woman to hold the mayoralty, by Executive Order in December 2022 to develop the city's plan for reparations for slavery. The Commission consists of nine members, eight of whom are black. [1]
The St. Louis American is a weekly newspaper serving the African-American community of St. Louis, Missouri. The first issue appeared in March 1928. The first issue appeared in March 1928. In 1930, the newspaper started a "Buy Where You Can Work" campaign.
St. Louis Argus is an African-American-oriented weekly newspaper founded in 1912 by brothers Joseph Everett Mitchell and William Mitchell. [1] Nannie Mitchell , William's wife, helped found the paper but worked uncredited for many years, becoming president decades later. [ 2 ]
Kirkwood Public Library (KPL) primarily serves residents of the city of Kirkwood, Missouri, USA.The library is operated independently, and is a part of the Municipal Library Consortium of St. Louis County (MLC), which connects it to 8 other independently operated libraries in neighboring St. Louis County municipalities.
This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places within the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri, south of Interstate 64 and west of Downtown St. Louis. For listings in Downtown St. Louis, see National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown and Downtown West St. Louis.