A tale of two goalies Hope Solo eats her insult of Briana Scurry.
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Vol. 83 No. 16
CAC Audited JULY 21 – 27, 2011
COMPLIMENTARY
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Rebuilding North City
The way Jamala sees it
Crystal Johnson, Wanda Hopkins and Michael Johnson spoke with 21st Ward Alderman Antonio D. French on Saturday during Rebuilding Together’s “Block by Block” project. French and Rebuilding Together coordinated the efforts of some 400 volunteers from Boeing who are helping residents to rehab 12 houses in the 440 and 4500 blocks of Red Bud.
American columnist publishes book of political writings
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Professor of economic justice Marcus Garvey scholar joins SLU Law faculty By Chris King Of The St. Louis American Students at the Saint Louis University School of Law this fall will have the opportunity to take personal injury law from a new professor, Justin Hansford. But this 29-year-old scholar will hit his stride next spring, when he first teaches legal ethics at SLU. “I plan to specialize in ethics,” Hansford told The American. “I am interested in teaching Justin Hansford students how to be lawyers who fight for the little guy.” A third-generation legacy graduate of Howard
University, Hansford advocates in particular for “the little guy” of African descent. So much so that when his law school, Georgetown Law, did not publish a law review with the proper focus to accept the article he had written on the Marcus Garvey case, he forced the university to start one. “Up until then, no journal at Georgetown focused on racial injustice,” Hansford said. “They had journals on poverty, international law – everything except racial inequality. We had protests and submitted proposals, and the admin-
“Their feuding did more to harm the movement than to help it, and I would hope history doesn’t repeat itself.” “It’s helpful to tell people not all lawyers fit the derogatory stereotypes.” – Justin Hansford
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Local youth exploring networking Science Center introduces its YES students to area professionals By Rebecca S. Rivas Of The St. Louis American Richard Shoyoola, age 13, spent the morning on July 15 talking with doctors, college students and professionals at the St. Louis Science Center’s networking event for stu “We are exposing young dents in the Youth children to science.” Exploring Science program. – Aliyah Wilson, of the Science Time ran out and he Center’s YES program didn’t get to talk to everyone, so he stayed for the next three-hour session to make sure he did. “In my opinion, I think it’s a great way to get myself out See YES, A7
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U.S. Navy Petty Officer Danica Melton spoke to students from the St. Louis Science Center’s Youth Exploring Science program on Friday during a day of professional networking events the center scheduled for its YES students.
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Jamala Rogers, author of the newly published “The Best of ‘The Way I See It’ and Other Political Writings (19892010).”
By Kenya Vaughn Of The St. Louis American As she introduces The Best of ‘The Way I See It’ and Other Political Writings (19892010), Jamala Rogers speaks of the beginning. She challenged her friend Donald M. Suggs, publisher of The St. Louis American, to incorporate a woman’s perspective – not necessarily hers. This resulted in a platform “It doesn’t for publicly sharing her always mean opinions on politics, you have to policy, social justice, injustice, racism, equal be on the rights and activism that picket line. It has spanned the better doesn’t part of 20 years. mean you As she stood in front of guests recently at the have to run Rowan Community for office. Center, Rogers proved But you’ve once again her power to got to get people engaged in be doing the fight to make the world – St. Louis, in something.” particular – a better place. – Jamala “I want to do a realiRogers ty check to see if we have those critical struggles over the past 20 years,” Rogers said to the crowd. “So if you can think of a struggle that you think was important to the St. Louis region – or even to the country – say it and I’ll let you know if it was in there.” Hands flew up and mouths opened wide, eager to challenge her. Gang violence, the death penalty, arts and culture were called out. She had them covered via Reginald Clemons, the reggae band Infrared Rockers and a chapter on youth that chronicled the impact of gang violence on St. Louis. Everything the community thought she See JAMALA, A6