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Emmett Till, mother immortalized with monuments
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire
The Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., a cousin of Emmett Till and a Chicago pastor, listens as Vice President Kamala Harris shares the importance of preserving Black history before Biden signed a proclamation to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Chicago and Mississippi.
Recognizing the country’s painful racial history and honoring the legacy of Emmett Till, President Joe Biden signed a proclamation on Tuesday designating a national monument spanning two states to memorialize Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie TillBradley. Till, a 14-year-old Black teenager from Chicago, was tragically murdered in Money, Mississippi, on August 28, 1955, after being accused by a white woman of whistling at her.
See TILL, A7
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Vol. 95 No. 17 COMPLIMENTARY
‘We are one Black theatre’ Artistic excellence centerstage in STL at 37th Annual BTN conference
By Kenya Vaughn The St. Louis American The cultural excellence and sense of community that St. Louis hosted last weekend as part of the Black Theatre Network’s 37th Annual Conference had to be experienced to be fully understood. “There are 50, 60, 70 theatres represented in this room, but we are one Black theatre,” Dr. Indira Etwaroo, inaugural director of the Apple’s Steve Jobs Theater at Apple and Executive Director emeritus of the Billie Holiday Theatre, told the audience for the BTN Festival’s opening keynote address Thursday afternoon. Dr. Indira “Think about the treaEtwaroo sure and richness contained in a room like this, the genius contained in a room like this, and the great art that is about to come out of a room like this.” More than two hundred people participated in the festival – which included a robust lineup of panel discussions, workshops, think tanks, podcasts, performances, lectures, artist talks and a culminating awards ceremony. This year’s festival was a full cir-
109 years young Miss Jessie O’Bryant, a resident at Christian Extended Care & Rehabilitation Center in north county, enjoying her happy birthday wishes from family and friends at her 109th birthday celebration Sunday, July 23, 2023.
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‘We all just want to be treated equally.’
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SSM’s DePaul trauma decision draws NAACP ire
By Sylvester Brown Jr. St. Louis American
SSM Health cutting level 2 trauma services at DePaul Hospital on Sept 10, 2023, will leave North St. Louis County without a hospital designated to treat urgent severe injuries like those from gunshots, stabbings, or car crashes, according to St. Louis County NAACP President John
Bowman. “The decision to suspend trauma services to North St. Louis County is irresponsible and disheartening,” Bowman said in the statement. Because ambulances will no longer take those patients to DePaul, patients may have to endure additional minutes of trauma until taken to other
HEALTH
Showering moms with love and learning
Barnes Jewish Hospital recently hosted a community baby shower event in its ongoing effort to educate families on the importance of proper prenatal and postpartum care.
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hospitals. Level II trauma centers are required to have immediate access to general surgeons. The decision, according to a statement from DePaul Hospital, was based on the small percentage of individuals who required trauma services in its emergency room.
See DePAUL, A6
Paraquad, Alderman Aldridge, celebrate Americans with Disabilities Act By Sylvester Brown Jr. St. Louis American If you’re not disabled, you may have the luxury of going through life without thinking about the challenges of disabled people. You’re not forced to think about navigating transportation or physical facilities, finding affordable housing, a job or accessing adequate healthcare equipment or in-home assistance. You’re spared dealing with stereotypes prevalent in general society or popular media. Feelings of social isolation or exclusion, poverty, financial hardships, or thoughts of suicide are not things that occupy the minds of
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SPORTS
Basketball guru Griffin is on a hardcourt mission
Nathaniel Griffin and Brandon Rigmaiden, are doing an excellent job of running the TruVision basketball program, which fields youth and adult grassroots teams.
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