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Vol. 88 No. 34 COMPLIMENTARY
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Richard ‘Onion’ Horton passes at 80
Richard “Onion” Horton
Beloved radio legend succumbs to Alzheimer’s Disease By Kenya Vaughn Of The St. Louis American Talk radio personality Richard “Onion” Horton was “woke” long before the word became a hashtag to signify black consciousness. He loved black people – so much so that he used his voice to hold us accountable live on the air whenever he felt Photo by Maurice Meredith
it was warranted. And black people loved him back. When he passed away at the age of 80 on Thanksgiving (November 24, 2016) after battling Alzheimer’s disease, black St. Louis collectively mourned the loss as though he were a close relative. He had been in many homes for more than 40 years as a print and radio personality.
“Onion was a legend, an icon, a giant, an activist and a scholar,” said activist Brother Anthony Shahid. “Onion was going to speak his mind. But he was somebody who knew our people, and knew that we were human beings who deserved human rights. He was also a father figure to many of us – a strong
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UMSL introduces new Suggs Scholarship Deadline is Dec. 23 for full tuition, preference for under-represented college students By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American
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Flyers parade in triumph The triumphant East St. Louis Flyers football team paraded through their hometown on Tuesday, November 29 to celebrate winning the Illinois Class 7A state championship title. They defeated Plainfield North High School, 26-13, on Saturday, November 29 to win their eighth state title.
The University of Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL) is offering a new full-tuition scholarship in effort to recruit and retain more talented St. Louis students from underrepresented backgrounds. UMSL leaders said the Dr. Donald Suggs Scholarship honors Suggs, the publisher and executive editor of The St. Louis American and president of the St. Louis Foundation, which has facilitated the awarding of $4.5 million in scholarships and community grants since its inception in 1994. The $12,000 scholarship covers tuition and fees for 30 credit hours per year and provides $1,000 per semester for books & supplies. Candidates must be graduates of a high school in the St. See UMSL, A6
Riverview Gardens music teacher is Arts Educator of the Year Harvey E.A. Lockhart honored by Arts and Education Council of St. Louis
n “Music helps our students to be able to handle a lot of the situations that they’re going through.”
Harvey E.A. Lockhart, the Riverview Gardens Senior High School band director and performing arts coordinator of secondary education, will receive the 2017 Arts Educator of the Year from the Arts and Education Council of St. Louis at the Chase Park Plaza on January 23.
– Harvey E.A. Lockhart
By Kiah Earl For The St. Louis American Harvey E.A. Lockhart, the Riverview Gardens Senior High School band director and performing arts coordinator of secondary education, said that students learn more than music when they study music. “Music helps our students to be able to handle a lot of the situations that they’re going
through,” Lockhart said. “We teach them how to be structured, we teach them how to pay attention and how to work hard.” That lesson is being learned by his students. “Not only does Mr. Lockhart think about what See LOCKHART, A6 Photo by Wiley Price
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Studies show that most of one’s health can be attributed to nonmedical factors.
Richard ‘Onion’ Horton was an institution in the black community for decades with his morning radio show.
It was all about the ladies as two rising stars and a R&B veteran, Tink, Dreezy and Teyana Taylor rocked The Pageant.
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