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St. Louis ‘Marches for Our Lives’
Gun violence survivors demand gun reform By Isaiah Peters The St. Louis American
Activists and protestors march and chant “Hey, Hey, NRA how many kids have you killed today,” in Downtown St. Louis on Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Joining nationwide demonstrations against gun violence, around 300 St. Louisans and gun violence survivors took to the street on Saturday, June 11, 2022, as part of a ‘March for Our Lives.’ The deadly massacres at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, targeting children, and at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, targeting Black people sparked an outcry for gun reform throughout the nation. School massacre survivors from over the last 25 years from Pearl, Mississippi, Parkland, Florida and Newtown, Connecticut, shared their gut-wrenching stories. “Four years later, I’m participating in the same marches, asking why America loves its guns more than its people?” Haley Stav, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor and social activist asked.
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Bush: GOP colleagues who helped rioters should be expelled Third Jan. 6 hearing set for Thursday
By Alvin A. Reid The St. Louis American
Photo by Isaiah Peters / St. Louis American
Celebrating freedom Visual Movement, from East St. Louis, Ill., marched to the riverfront from the Old Court House during the 2nd Annual Juneteenth Commemoration Saturday, June 19, 2021. For a list of 2022 Juneteenth events in the St. Louis area see Living It.
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., has been impoverished, homeless and tear-gassed on the streets of Ferguson. Yet even she was shocked while viewing a video during the first session of the House Select Committee investigation on the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. While sitting in the gallery of the hearing room along with other members of Congress and spectators, The Grio reported that Bush uttered, “Jesus” as the shocking video was played. After last Thursday night’s first televised hearing, Bush told The Independent that any Republican member of Bennie Congress who helped instiThompson gate the January 6 riot on the Capitol should be expelled and if need be, prosecuted. “I was here. I remember what it felt like, to know what it’s like,” Bush said. “I need to see what’s going to come out of this. I need to bear witness, myself, because this was a white supremacist-in-chief president that was at the [head] of this.” During her opening remarks, committee vice chair, Republican Liz Cheney of Wyoming reported that several Republican members of Congress, including House Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, had sought pardons from President Trump for the rioters who breached the Capitol as Congress was about to certify the 2020
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A knockout Mayor bans use of ‘no-knock’ warrants
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share information about the significance of the commemoration. It is not just a day off or a carnival.” They will honor Juneteenth and “have some reflection on why we are here.” “We are standing on the shoulders of giants,” Blair said. “They came out of chattel slavery – legal bondage. And if you study Reconstruction, we had so many individuals
Mayor Tishaura O. Jones has put an end to use of “no-knock” warrants in St. Louis through an executive order. The practice is now banned, and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) is prohibited from requesting this type of warrant from a judge. The warrants allowed law enforcement to enter an individual’s property without notification and have led to deaths of innocent occupants in homes her and across America. “Public safety and policing must be responsive to the needs and concerns of the community,” said Jones upon signing the order. “This is an important step for our city and in line with action taken by municipalities across the country.” The city limited the use of no-knock warrants in drug cases in 2020, and the executive order now
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‘It is not just a day off or a carnival’ EyeSeeMe 7th Anniversary/Juneteenth celebration to highlight empowerment
By Kenya Vaughn The St. Louis American When Jeffrey Blair and his wife Pamela Blair realized the date they selected for the grand opening of EyeSeeMe African American Children’s Bookstore fell on Juneteenth, they took it as a sign of approval from the ancestors. “It was like, ‘maybe we are supposed to do this,’” he said. “At first we weren’t sure.
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St. Louisans excel at NCAA track championships
Brandon Miller of Texas A&M finished in third place in the 800-meter run. The former John Burroughs star recorded his best time of the season at 1 minute 45.09.
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We didn’t have any experience with bookstores – and people were buying their books from Amazon. Seven years later, we are still here.” On Sunday, June 19th, EyeSeeMe will have a joint celebration for their seventh anniversary and Juneteenth in the parking lot of their University City store (6951 Olive Blvd). “We will have fun – a lot of activities for the whole family,” Blair said. “We will also
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Onyx Print Center a gem of Ferguson
St. Louis set to celebrate Juneteenth festivities
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The print shop does more than produce business cards. It is a place of gathering for the community where Alyce Herndon can inspire and help others.
Juneteenth, which is recognized annually on June 19, celebrates the historic abolishment of the last vestiges of slavery more than 150 years ago.