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‘How do you say goodbye to an icon?’
By Chris King Of The St. Louis American
Photo by Maurice Meredith
Urban League announces Norman R. Seay Scholarship at SLU at tearful memorial At a memorial service for St. Louis civil rights leader and educator Norman R. Seay, who died September 17 at age 87, a new university scholarship and a civil rights award in his name were announced. The Norman R. Seay Scholarship at Saint Louis University and the Norman R. Seay
From Walnut Park to Bryan Cave Reginald Harris leaves U.S. attorney’s office to become partner in global firm
Gospel vocalist Mary Beth Gentry sang during a memorial service for longtime civil rights activist Norman R. Seay at True Life Missionary Baptist Church on Saturday, October 19.
By Chris King Of The St. Louis American
Vol. 91 No. 31
Award for Federation of Block Units member of the year were both announced by Michael McMillan, president and CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, at the memorial service, held Saturday, October 19 at True Light Missionary Baptist Church. The scholarship, for $10,000, will be awarded annually to a student from North St. Louis, supported by the Urban League, Regional Business Council and SLU.
The memorial service congregation also heard remarks from Adolphus Pruitt, president of the St. Louis Branch of the NAACP, Ollie Stewart Ward of the Congress of Racial Equality, leadership from the University of Missouri St. Louis and the Charles and JoAnne Knight Alzheimer’s Research Center, and a number of senior elected and appointed See SEAY, A7
In his last case as an assistant United States attorney, Reginald Harris successfully prosecuted another black man, then-St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer Kenneth A. Grooms II. Grooms unlawfully seized a man who had insulted his girlfriend and took him on a rough ride in the back of his police SUV, driving hard with the man handcuffed and not belted down. It was not a typical case for the later years of Harris’ career with the Department of Justice. He recently joined Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner as a partner within the Reginald Investigations, Financial Harris Regulation & White Collar Practice Group in the St. Louis office. The firm’s placement of him reflects his deepest body of experience. “I’ve done matters involving financial crimes, internal investigations, corporate embezzlement,” Harris said. Harris’ ascension to partner at a global law firm with 1,400 lawyers in many offices See HARRIS, A6
North County cop sued for 1st Amendment violation
Siteman Cancer Center opens in North County on Nov. 4
ACLU, WUSTL First Amendment Clinic partner on case about videotaping arrest
Timothy Rearden, MD, medical director, Medical Oncology at Siteman Cancer Center at Christian Hospital; MacKenzie Daly, MD, medical director, Radiation Oncology, at Siteman Cancer Center at Christian Hospital; and Arnold Bullock, MD, Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Urology at Washington University School of Medicine, toasted to the new era of cancer care for patients at the new Siteman location in North County.
By Sandra Jordan Of The St. Louis American
By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American
It was all about healing, family and community as the new Siteman Cancer Center at Northwest HealthCare in Florissant held a public open house on Tuesday, October 23 before it begins seeing patients on Monday, November 4. Siteman at Northwest Healthcare is owned by Christian Hospital and is located at 1255 Graham Rd., which is six miles west of Christian. Cancer care for its patients will include the latest technology, access to clinical
A Dellwood woman has filed a federal lawsuit against a North County Police Cooperative officer, after he confiscated her phone when she tried to videotape the officer arresting a man in a wheelchair at a gas station. “Criticizing the government and recording police officers as they carry out their public duties is protected by the First Amendment,” said Tony Rothert, legal director of the ACLU of Missouri. “Effective oversight of government by the public is the very reason
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