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CAC Audited AUG. 29 – SEPT. 4, 2013
President Barack Obama, the first black U.S. president, spoke to thousands at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Wednesday to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King's landmark 1963 address.
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Obama speaks to King’s ‘elusive’ dream President commemorates 50th anniversary of historic MLK speech By Rebecca S. Rivas Of The St. Louis American On Wednesday, President Barack Obama stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his speech “Let Freedom Ring” exactly 50 years ago on August 28, 1963.
About 100,000 people stood in drizzling rain as the president spoke of unmet promises that led 250,000 people to the same place 50 years ago, in a program that also included former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and members of the King family. Americans were promised that all men are created equal and with unalienable
rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Yet in 1963, almost 200 years after those words were set to paper, he said, “those truths remained unmet.” “So they came by the thousands from every corner of our country, men and women, young and old, blacks who longed for freedom and whites who could no longer accept freedom for themselves while witnessing the subjugation of others,” Obama said. With their meager earnings, some bought tickets and boarded buses, he said,
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Schools struggle with state standards
Sabrina Fulton, U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III, were among the civil rights leaders who led a march on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Administrators assess poor performances in new MSIP5 results By Rebecca S. Rivas Of The St. Louis American
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Several St. Louis school districts struggled with the state’s new accreditation standards, according to the Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP) 5 results released Friday. Out of 140 possible points, St. Louis Public Schools garnered 24.6 percent of the points, Normandy Schools 11.1 percent and Riverview Gardens Schools 28.6 percent. These districts – all which have majority African-American student populations – scored among the lowest in the See SCHOOLS, A7
St. Louis takes bus to D.C. march
Helping babies want to learn Deborah Thomas honored for early childhood education at Salute
Locals join thousands on National Mall to commemorate anniversary By Bridjes O’Neil Of The St. Louis American In the early morning hours on Friday, 55 St. Louis passengers boarded a bus en route to Washington, D.C. to participate in the historic 50th anniversary March on Washington National Action to Realize the Dream. Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, Martin Luther King III and the NAACP mobilized the march held August 24. Among other civil rights luminaries, they were joined by U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga, the last living convener of the original 1963 March on
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“Don’t you ever think that men like Medgar Evers died to give you the right to be a hoodlum.” – Rev. Al Sharpton
Washington. Over the weekend, thousands gathered at the National Mall (where Dr. King gave his “I Have a See MARCH, A7
Lottie Thompson from Baltimore, Md. expressed her sentiments at the march.
Deborah Thomas
Deborah Thomas, lead infant teacher at the William L. Clay Sr. Early Childhood Center at Harris-Stowe State University, described her teaching style as caring and compassionate. “Sometimes, they may not mind being here,” Thomas said of the infants, “but they may need you to hold them a little bit longer. They may need you to spend a little bit more time See THOMAS, A6