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On November 24, Frankie Muse Freeman, the beloved St. Louis icon, will turn 100 years old.
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Happy 100th birthday for Frankie St. Louis NAACP celebrates attorney Frankie Muse Freeman on Oct. 22 By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American Frankie Muse Freeman’s mother once shared a poem with her. ‘“There’s a line, ‘It shows in your face,” Freeman said during a Black History Month talk at Anheuser-Busch in 2010. “However you live, it shows
on your face. That was the theme that I tried to show through the experiences of my life.” Freeman included the poem in the last chapter of her book, “A Song of Faith and Hope” – a memoir of more than 60 years as a civil rights attorney and freedom fighter. On November 24, the beloved St.
Louis icon will turn 100 years old, and she plans to spend the day quietly, said her daughter Shelbe Bullock. “She is grateful to God,” Bullock said. “She has very strong faith. And being given this much life and the ability to impact so many people, she wants to
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Booker stumps for Kander Outcome of election for senator and president depends on black turnout, Cory says By Chris King Of The St. Louis American
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U.S. Senator Cory Booker posed for a selfie with Democratic nominee for state representative Cora Faith Walker, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Jason Kander and St. Louis County Councilwoman Hazel Erby while stumping for Kander in Ferguson on Monday, October 10.
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) said the second election return he will be following on November 8, after Hillary Clinton’s campaign for U.S. president, is Jason Kander’s race for U.S. Senate in Missouri – and a heavy turnout of black voters is n “I need people the only path to victory like Jason who for Clinton and Kander in understand urban this state. “It all depends on issues, who know our turnout,” Booker our community’s – one of only two needs and will African Americans in advocate for our the U.S. Senate and the only senator in the community.” Congressional Black Caucus – told a group – U.S. Senator Cory of North County elected Booker officials gathered in Ferguson on Monday, October 10. “It all depends on what we do.” Kander gathered the group of elected officials when Booker told him he wanted to go to Ferguson while he was in St. Louis to speak with him at Harris-Stowe State University. The group included St. Louis County Councilwoman Hazel Erby, Democratic nominee for St. Louis County Council Rochelle Walton Gray, term-limited state Representatives Sharon Pace and Tommie Pierson Sr., Democratic nominees for state representative Cora Faith Walker and Bruce Franks Jr., Dellwood Mayor Reggie Jones, Cool Valley Mayor See BOOKER, A6
CWAH helps woman achieve dream of owning home Nominations for People Against Poverty Campaign due by Oct. 31 By Gwen Swan For The St. Louis American One of her greatest challenges facing Kenya Webster surfaced when she was laid off from her job with the Bank of America. For two years she was unable to find work. With unpaid bills piling up, the pressure of feeding and maintaining an acceptable living for herself and her three sons grew daily. Her dream of one day owning a home took a back seat to survival. “I think I was in a state of depression,” Webster said. “This wasn’t my destiny – scrounging for food at food
Community Women Against Hardship helped Kenya Webster pursue education and keep her family together while out of work. She credits the non-profit with helping her to stabilize her finances to the point where she was qualified to help build and buy a home through Habitat for Humanity.
pantries, trying to find free school supplies for my boys.” She returned to school. She made the Dean’s List and earned a job with the National Archives of Records But the job was contingent upon her being in school. The success of graduation was diminished by the loss of her job. She reflected on what she wanted most in life: to give her kids a home. “I realized I couldn’t move the way I wanted to in the space that I occupied,” she said. Habitat for Humanity was a See CWAH, A6 Photo by Wiley Price