Money and the MLK Memorial Who did and didn’t contribute, and a scandal in the King family
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Vol. 83 No. 21
CAC Audited AUGUST 25 – 31, 2011
COMPLIMENTARY
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Walking for survivors
Alphas realize dream of MLK Memorial STL NATIVE HARRY JOHNSON SR. LED EFFORT FOR MONUMENT By Marc H. Morial For The NNPA
Photo by Wiley Price
The 9th Annual Prostate Cancer Survivors and Awareness Walk took place in a steady rain Saturday morning before the start of the Missouri Black Expo.
Dr. Walker to succeed Dr. Givens Harris-Stowe Board of Regents announces new university president American staff On Tuesday the Harris-Stowe State University Board of Regents announced that Dr. Albert Walker will succeed Dr. Henry Givens Jr. as president of the university. Dr. Walker is currently the president of Bluefield State College in Bluefield, Va. He will begin his new position at Harris-Stowe on October 1.
Dr. Givens announced his plans to retire from Harris-Stowe after 32 years in April. Dr. Walker’s accomplishments as president of Bluefield State include increasing the number of grant awards secured by the college; successful accreditation efforts; and a significant increase in Bluefield’s enrollment, to name a few. He is well versed
On Tuesday the HarrisStowe State University Board of Regents announced that Dr. Albert Walker will succeed Dr. Henry Givens Jr. as president of the university.
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Eight excellent awardees
F.I.R.E. STILL FIGHTING
Educators honored at Sept. 16 Salute
New report reveals return to old racial disparities in SLFD promotions By Rebecca S. Rivas Of The St. Louis American With the notorious history of racial tension among firefighters in St. Louis, recruitment and promotion have long been gray, obscure areas. A recent report attempts to make matters more black and white. The Firefighters Institute for Racial Equality (F.I.R.E.) released a report on the “hiring, retention and upward mobility of African Americans” in the St. Louis Fire
On August 28, the 48th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will become the first on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to honor a person of color, a non-president and a man of peace. More than 250,000 people are expected to be on hand next Sunday when President Obama Harry delivers the grand opening Johnson Sr. keynote speech. More than a quartercentury in the making and at a cost of $120 million, the memorial promises to rekindle global interest in the life and legacy of one of the greatest champions of civil and human rights the world has ever known. In these times of rampant domestic and international turmoil and division, Dr. King’s message of justice, democracy, hope and love is needed more than ever. The MLK Memorial project was the brainchild of Alpha Phi Alpha, the world’s oldest intercollegiate fraternity founded by African-American men. Fraternity leaders conceived the idea in 1984, 16 years after Dr. King’s death and only months after President
American staff Eight educators and administrators – ranging from 3rd grade teacher at a IN public school to assistant EDUCATION dean at a university – will 2011 be honored Friday, Sept. 16 at the St. Louis American Foundation’s 2011 Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship & Awards Gala. The dinner and gala will be held at the America’s Center.
F.I.R.E. has released a report on the “hiring, retention and upward mobility of African Americans” in the St. Louis Fire Department.
Department earlier this month. Since 2007, African Americans have made up 22 percent of the fireSee F.I.R.E., A8
Carolyn Blair: changing lives Photo by UPI/Bill Greenblatt
James Green and Kevin Fondren were promoted to captains in the St. Louis Fire Department earlier this month.
Carolyn Blair, M.Ed., has been in the eduSee AWARDEES, A6