“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.”
—Thurgood Marshall, first African American U.S. Supreme Court member
—Thurgood Marshall, first African American U.S. Supreme Court member
A Report On The Racial Environment In Southwest Airlines’ St. Louis Station St. Louis Lambert International Airport, St. Louis, Missouri
Amendment #2 is about putting health decisions back in the hands of patients and their doctors, allowing medical marijuana use under the supervision and expertise of doctors, not government bureaucrats.
Marijuana and racism have long been intertwined, dating back to the post-Prohibition era in the 1930s when the country’s first drug czar gained fraction for his war on marijuana by invoking a fear of black people. In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon’s war on drugs targeted black people, as well as hippies. History is replete with how officials used cannabis prohibition to target and criminalize black and brown people and throw them in jail.
Marijuana and racism have long been intertwined, dating back to the post-Prohibition era in the 1930s when the country’s first drug czar gained fraction for his war on marijuana by invoking a fear of black people. In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon’s war on drugs targeted black people, as well as hippies. History is replete with how officials used cannabis prohibition to target and criminalize black and brown people and throw them in jail.
NAACP will brief Media on the formation of
the Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Higher Education
St. Louis City NAACP Seeks Charter Amendment –
Independent Investigations Unit in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney Office
NAACP Complaint States A Claim for Disparate Treatment
In Violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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NAACP First Source Jobs Policy Report
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The Preacher & The Sheriff
A young, shackled black man is shot to death — and the police say he killed himself. The resulting investigation has pitted the victim’s father against the most powerful man in New Iberia, La.
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Black America and Racism | Brother Dr. Khalil Gibran MuhammadThis week on Black America, we explore the topic of racism with guest, Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
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NEW GENERATOR CAN HALVE COST OF HYDROGEN USED TO POWER BUILDINGS, CARS
California start-up H2 Energy Renaissance today announced it has built a hydrogen generator that's inexpensive to manufacture and produces on-demand affordable hydrogen.
Read more...
Residents continue to pay steep price for MSD’s negligence and incompetence
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has two proposals on the April 5 ballot: Proposition Y, a $900 million bond issue to fund projects to meet clean water standards, and Proposition S, a property tax increase for storm water control.
Read more...
Addressing the Digital Divide in Underserved Populations
Adolphus Pruitt, President of the St. Louis Chapter of the NAACP shares some insight on handling the issues of technology within many minority communities with the host of Studio 17, Travis Brown.
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NAACP Weighs In On St. Louis Charter Closures | FOX2now.com – St. Louis News & Weather from KTVI Television FOX2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The NAACP has sent a letter to a top Missouri education official questioning why the more than 3,500 students attending a network of soon-to-close St. Louis charter schools haven’t been given the option of transferring to accredited school districts, as allowed under state law.
Read more...
Understanding Mistrust for the Justice System; Trayvon Martin Case; Stereotyping Young Black Men as Criminal Predators Continues
By Adolphus M Pruitt, II
It's dark. His heart is racing, and with each beat the fluid of life spurts out his heart and lungs like a squirt gun. His breathing draws heavy. He's scared. No one really knows what the final moments of Trayvon Martin's life were like, but according to most medical experts, Trayvon survived for a couple of minutes and probably was semiconscious. Even after his heart finally gave out, his brain retained roughly 16 seconds of oxygen, enough to keep it functional, enough for a moment of contemplation.
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NAACP authorized direct action against St. Louis Public Library; MSD is next
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) -- The St. Louis City NAACP authorized Direct Action against the St. Louis Public Library at the Branch meeting on Monday night. The Library’s construction program is being financed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 with Recovery Zone Economic Development and Build American Bonds.
Read more...
Transfer-related metaphors are harsh, even in context
I’m not sure which is making my own skin crawl more, the unveiled racist talk of white parents afraid of what weapon-wielding and drug-transporting black kids will do to property values, or the creepy pity expressed by white parents who say they want to wrap their arms around poor black children who have to get on buses before daylight to get themselves a decent education. Ugh.
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Community Leaders Work Together to Preserve Former Gateway Bank
St. Louis, Missouri, September 20, 2012 – The local chapter of the NAACP, in cooperation with Stifel Bank & Trust and St. Louis Community Credit Union, has found a solution to continue the banking legacy of the former Gateway Bank in North St. Louis that will ensure low-cost banking services are offered to underserved and low-to-moderate income consumers.
Read more...
STL NAACP celebrates centennial | Congress woman Maxine Waters
The St. Louis City NAACP’s Centennial Gala held Friday, June 7 in the Khorassan Ballroom at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel was not merely the branch’s largest fundraising event of the year. It also served as an opportunity for 700 gala attendees to support one of the oldest NAACP branches nationwide, one that has been at the forefront of the fight for civil rights since its inception a century ago.
Read more...
St. Louis NAACP Teams Up With Labor To Fight Right-To-Work Efforts
The St. Louis branch of the NAACP is teaming up with local labor union groups to fight against efforts in Jefferson City to turn Missouri into a right-to-work state. Chapter President Adolphus Pruitt says African-Americans are more likely to be union members than any other ethnicities in the United States, so the partnership makes sense.
Read more...
Lambert MBE program questioned - St. Louis American: Local News
Minority truckers and haulers reconstructing the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport are getting about $10 an hour less than what their contracts state, according to an investigation by the St. Louis city branch of the NAACP.
Read more...
Gateway Bank Saved
In August, the sign popped up unexpectedly on the North St. Louis City bank’s front door – “Gateway Bank will be closing in 90 days.”
Gateway Bank was established in 1965 on Union Blvd., near Natural Bridge, as the first black-owned and -operated bank in Missouri. In response to the 1963 civil-rights protests of Jefferson Bank & Trust Co.’s refusal to hire blacks, co-founder C. W. Gates and his family committed to providing banking services and loans indiscriminately to the community of North St. Louis.
Read more...
NAACP, SLPS partner on early education
The St. Louis city chapter of the NAACP is participating in a new Early Childhood Literacy Initiative along with chapters in Kalamazoo, Mich., and Lexington, Ky. The St. Louis NAACP’s local partners in the pilot project are St. Louis Public Schools, Earl Nance Sr. Elementary School, New Northside Child Development Center, American Federation of Teachers Local 420 and committed community members. Through community support, the initiative’s goal is to ensure that pre-K parents, educators and students have the fundamentals they need to make smooth transitions into kindergarten.
Read more...
City NAACP turns 100
This year the St. Louis City NAACP chapter is celebrating its 100th anniversary. In honor of the occasion, last month the chapter launched its Centennial Campaign during a kickoff reception hosted by Ameren. The campaign has a fundraising goal of $500,000. During his opening remarks, Adolphus M. Pruitt II, president of the St. Louis City NAACP, stated that further advancement of the organization's mission will require greater financial support from the St. Louis community. Pruitt then announced that Thomas Voss, president, chairman & CEO of Ameren, and his wife Carol have agreed to serve as Centennial Campaign co-chairs. The St. Louis City NAACP is “critical to the continued elimination of discrimination and injustice,” Thomas Voss said.
Read more...
STL NAACP celebrates centennial
The St. Louis City NAACP’s Centennial Gala held Friday, June 7 in the Khorassan Ballroom at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel was not merely the branch’s largest fundraising event of the year. It also served as an opportunity for 700 gala attendees to support one of the oldest NAACP branches nationwide, one that has been at the forefront of the fight for civil rights since its inception a century ago.
Read more...
NAACP tackles achievement gap
The Missouri NAACP and St. Louis City NAACP plan to develop and implement a Missouri Civil Rights Initiative to close the academic achievement gap in every school district statewide. Their first step was to host a forum, with The St. Louis American, where civic and religious leaders, parents, educators and other stakeholders could engage in open dialogue about how to address the challenges in urban education.
Read more...
NAACP battles at front line for social justice
Jackie White still doesn’t know how her son, Dominick Wilson, died on March 11, 2010.
The police told her Dominick, who was 18 and bi-racial, committed suicide, and they found him hanging in a park in Hazelwood, Mo. But that doesn’t explain the injuries to his body and head that the autopsy report cited. Last year, the St. Louis City NAACP stepped in to support White and help her secure counsel.
Read more...
Pruitt calls for revived NAACP
The St. Louis City NAACP has a new leadership team, with newly elected President Adolphus Pruitt and a team of chairpersons to fulfill the roles of the branch’s 21 committees. With the new leadership role, Pruitt said he wants to bring back a positive presence of the NAACP to the community. Within the past two years, he said, the city NAACP has been working on unemployment, discrimination and furthering education in biosciences.
Read more...
Community Benefits Agreement is Final – NAACP is the First Signatory
MSD has had a well-recognized diversity program in place for several years, marked by its success in helping build minority and women owned businesses in our St. Louis community. Since early 2011 – and in light of an impending multi-billion dollar agreement with EPA – we have been engaged in a community-wide dialogue on how we might improve our inclusion efforts. As then MSD Executive Director, Jeff Theerman, stated in January 2012: “While MSD is proud of the diversity program we have today, we by no means claim perfection… As we begin an unparalleled construction program, we should strive to have an unparalleled program of inclusion for minorities, women, and disadvantaged businesses. Not just in-terms of contracts alone, but in-terms of workforce diversity as well.”
Read more...
A young, shackled black man is shot to death — and the police say he killed himself. The resulting investigation has pitted the victim’s father against the most powerful man in New Iberia, La.
More...
Black America and Racism | Brother Dr. Khalil Gibran MuhammadThis week on Black America, we explore the topic of racism with guest, Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
More...
NEW GENERATOR CAN HALVE COST OF HYDROGEN USED TO POWER BUILDINGS, CARS
California start-up H2 Energy Renaissance today announced it has built a hydrogen generator that's inexpensive to manufacture and produces on-demand affordable hydrogen.
Read more...
Residents continue to pay steep price for MSD’s negligence and incompetence
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has two proposals on the April 5 ballot: Proposition Y, a $900 million bond issue to fund projects to meet clean water standards, and Proposition S, a property tax increase for storm water control.
Read more...
Addressing the Digital Divide in Underserved Populations
Adolphus Pruitt, President of the St. Louis Chapter of the NAACP shares some insight on handling the issues of technology within many minority communities with the host of Studio 17, Travis Brown.
Read more...
NAACP Weighs In On St. Louis Charter Closures | FOX2now.com – St. Louis News & Weather from KTVI Television FOX2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The NAACP has sent a letter to a top Missouri education official questioning why the more than 3,500 students attending a network of soon-to-close St. Louis charter schools haven’t been given the option of transferring to accredited school districts, as allowed under state law.
Read more...
Understanding Mistrust for the Justice System; Trayvon Martin Case; Stereotyping Young Black Men as Criminal Predators Continues
By Adolphus M Pruitt, II
It's dark. His heart is racing, and with each beat the fluid of life spurts out his heart and lungs like a squirt gun. His breathing draws heavy. He's scared. No one really knows what the final moments of Trayvon Martin's life were like, but according to most medical experts, Trayvon survived for a couple of minutes and probably was semiconscious. Even after his heart finally gave out, his brain retained roughly 16 seconds of oxygen, enough to keep it functional, enough for a moment of contemplation.
Read more...
NAACP authorized direct action against St. Louis Public Library; MSD is next
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) -- The St. Louis City NAACP authorized Direct Action against the St. Louis Public Library at the Branch meeting on Monday night. The Library’s construction program is being financed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 with Recovery Zone Economic Development and Build American Bonds.
Read more...
Transfer-related metaphors are harsh, even in context
I’m not sure which is making my own skin crawl more, the unveiled racist talk of white parents afraid of what weapon-wielding and drug-transporting black kids will do to property values, or the creepy pity expressed by white parents who say they want to wrap their arms around poor black children who have to get on buses before daylight to get themselves a decent education. Ugh.
Read more...
Community Leaders Work Together to Preserve Former Gateway Bank
St. Louis, Missouri, September 20, 2012 – The local chapter of the NAACP, in cooperation with Stifel Bank & Trust and St. Louis Community Credit Union, has found a solution to continue the banking legacy of the former Gateway Bank in North St. Louis that will ensure low-cost banking services are offered to underserved and low-to-moderate income consumers.
Read more...
STL NAACP celebrates centennial | Congress woman Maxine Waters
The St. Louis City NAACP’s Centennial Gala held Friday, June 7 in the Khorassan Ballroom at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel was not merely the branch’s largest fundraising event of the year. It also served as an opportunity for 700 gala attendees to support one of the oldest NAACP branches nationwide, one that has been at the forefront of the fight for civil rights since its inception a century ago.
Read more...
St. Louis NAACP Teams Up With Labor To Fight Right-To-Work Efforts
The St. Louis branch of the NAACP is teaming up with local labor union groups to fight against efforts in Jefferson City to turn Missouri into a right-to-work state. Chapter President Adolphus Pruitt says African-Americans are more likely to be union members than any other ethnicities in the United States, so the partnership makes sense.
Read more...
Lambert MBE program questioned - St. Louis American: Local News
Minority truckers and haulers reconstructing the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport are getting about $10 an hour less than what their contracts state, according to an investigation by the St. Louis city branch of the NAACP.
Read more...
Gateway Bank Saved
In August, the sign popped up unexpectedly on the North St. Louis City bank’s front door – “Gateway Bank will be closing in 90 days.”
Gateway Bank was established in 1965 on Union Blvd., near Natural Bridge, as the first black-owned and -operated bank in Missouri. In response to the 1963 civil-rights protests of Jefferson Bank & Trust Co.’s refusal to hire blacks, co-founder C. W. Gates and his family committed to providing banking services and loans indiscriminately to the community of North St. Louis.
Read more...
NAACP, SLPS partner on early education
The St. Louis city chapter of the NAACP is participating in a new Early Childhood Literacy Initiative along with chapters in Kalamazoo, Mich., and Lexington, Ky. The St. Louis NAACP’s local partners in the pilot project are St. Louis Public Schools, Earl Nance Sr. Elementary School, New Northside Child Development Center, American Federation of Teachers Local 420 and committed community members. Through community support, the initiative’s goal is to ensure that pre-K parents, educators and students have the fundamentals they need to make smooth transitions into kindergarten.
Read more...
City NAACP turns 100
This year the St. Louis City NAACP chapter is celebrating its 100th anniversary. In honor of the occasion, last month the chapter launched its Centennial Campaign during a kickoff reception hosted by Ameren. The campaign has a fundraising goal of $500,000. During his opening remarks, Adolphus M. Pruitt II, president of the St. Louis City NAACP, stated that further advancement of the organization's mission will require greater financial support from the St. Louis community. Pruitt then announced that Thomas Voss, president, chairman & CEO of Ameren, and his wife Carol have agreed to serve as Centennial Campaign co-chairs. The St. Louis City NAACP is “critical to the continued elimination of discrimination and injustice,” Thomas Voss said.
Read more...
STL NAACP celebrates centennial
The St. Louis City NAACP’s Centennial Gala held Friday, June 7 in the Khorassan Ballroom at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel was not merely the branch’s largest fundraising event of the year. It also served as an opportunity for 700 gala attendees to support one of the oldest NAACP branches nationwide, one that has been at the forefront of the fight for civil rights since its inception a century ago.
Read more...
NAACP tackles achievement gap
The Missouri NAACP and St. Louis City NAACP plan to develop and implement a Missouri Civil Rights Initiative to close the academic achievement gap in every school district statewide. Their first step was to host a forum, with The St. Louis American, where civic and religious leaders, parents, educators and other stakeholders could engage in open dialogue about how to address the challenges in urban education.
Read more...
NAACP battles at front line for social justice
Jackie White still doesn’t know how her son, Dominick Wilson, died on March 11, 2010.
The police told her Dominick, who was 18 and bi-racial, committed suicide, and they found him hanging in a park in Hazelwood, Mo. But that doesn’t explain the injuries to his body and head that the autopsy report cited. Last year, the St. Louis City NAACP stepped in to support White and help her secure counsel.
Read more...
Pruitt calls for revived NAACP
The St. Louis City NAACP has a new leadership team, with newly elected President Adolphus Pruitt and a team of chairpersons to fulfill the roles of the branch’s 21 committees. With the new leadership role, Pruitt said he wants to bring back a positive presence of the NAACP to the community. Within the past two years, he said, the city NAACP has been working on unemployment, discrimination and furthering education in biosciences.
Read more...
Community Benefits Agreement is Final – NAACP is the First Signatory
MSD has had a well-recognized diversity program in place for several years, marked by its success in helping build minority and women owned businesses in our St. Louis community. Since early 2011 – and in light of an impending multi-billion dollar agreement with EPA – we have been engaged in a community-wide dialogue on how we might improve our inclusion efforts. As then MSD Executive Director, Jeff Theerman, stated in January 2012: “While MSD is proud of the diversity program we have today, we by no means claim perfection… As we begin an unparalleled construction program, we should strive to have an unparalleled program of inclusion for minorities, women, and disadvantaged businesses. Not just in-terms of contracts alone, but in-terms of workforce diversity as well.”
Read more...
