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Black Entrepreneurs Who Secured the Bag, And Why That’s Not ‘Selling Out’
But it wasn’t long before Necole Kane, the media maven behind xoNecole and founder of wellness brand My Happy Flo, posed a ...
Missouri AG illegally removed data showing racial disparity in traffic stops, lawsuit says
The racial “disparity index” has highlighted that police in Missouri pulled over Black drivers at higher rates than white ...
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Black drivers in Missouri still pulled over at higher rate than white drivers
Even though Black drivers only make up around 11% of the state's population, they were pulled over by law enforcement nearly ...
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Severe weather shuts down several St. Louis cultural institutions, events
Cultural institutions around St. Louis have announced closures and canceled events following Friday afternoon’s severe weather, which included at least tal ...
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A Black Pope? Francis Made it a Possibility
Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up He installed Washington, D.C.’s first Black cardinal ...
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‘Power Rangers’ Star Walter Emanuel Jones Says Playing Black Ranger Was a ‘Milestone’ After Writer Called It a ‘Mistake’ for Being a Stereotype: ‘It Was an Honor’
“Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers” kicked off in August 1993 on Fox Kids, featuring Jones as Zack Taylor (the first Black Ranger ... decisions were originally made. It wasn’t until ...
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'Power Rangers' writer calls casting Black, Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers a 'mistake'
Decades after casting decisions for the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ... the mark made by the original casting was indelible. Walter Emanuel Jones, who played the original Black Ranger, even ...
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‘Power Rangers’ Writer Says ‘It Was a Mistake’ to Cast Black and Asian Actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger: ‘None of Us’ Were ‘Thinking Stereotypes’
“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” head writer ... these casting decisions were originally made, which is why the show ran for two seasons with “the Black character the Black Ranger and the ...
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Tens of thousands without power; widespread damage from severe storms in Missouri, Illinois
Downed power lines and outages have made travel in some of those areas ... conference at 8 a.m. to update the situation. In Rolla, Missouri, an entire strip mall appeared to be blown apart ...
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4 ‘Women Of Power’ Took Center Stage As BLACK ENTERPRISE Legacy Awardees
The BLACK ENTERPRISE Legacy Awards stand as one of the event's most significant highlights. At the BLACK ENTERPRISE 19th Annual Women of Power Summit, the Legacy Awards stand as one of the event ...
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These Missouri landmarks offer chances to observe Black History Month
More Black history in Columbia and mid-Missouri Two mid-Missouri sites made the itinerary list: Arrow Rock African-American Experience Museum: Located in a mid-Missouri hamlet that continues to ...
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Ramy Youssef and Mo Amer on the Bittersweet Final Season of ‘Mo’: “Everything Going on Now Made It More Powerful”
This is something that we wanted to do pre-strike, actually, and everything going on now just made ... to describe Mo. What did you want to get at by centering debates around the power of language ...