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Honoring our late elder Joyce Best this #WomensHistoryMonth

A lifelong activist for racial equality, peace, and justice, Joyce participated in CORE sit-ins, challenged housing segregation, and lived her Ethical Humanist values through steady, courageous action.

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March 7, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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StLGS will be at this awesome event, will you? #America250 #StLouisHistory #STLHistory #StLGS
May 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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We are on a weather Roller coaster, but that's nothing new. The recorded temperature range in STL is 138 degrees ... from a record high of 115 to the record low of of -23!
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January 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Born in St. Louis, Josephine Baker was a Black bisexual performer, civil rights activist, and global icon whose life insisted on dignity across difference. Her words remind us that prejudice is learned BUT so are courage, compassion, and solidarity.

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Square quote graphic on a warm cream background. Large black text reads, “All my life, I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice.” The phrase “live together in peace” is highlighted in lavender. The quote is attributed to Josephine Baker. Along the bottom, a thick rainbow gradient line flows into a rainbow-colored St. Louis skyline and Gateway Arch.
June 25, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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🏛️ Unlock 19th-century St. Louis court records for your genealogy research! Join @StLGS on Sat, Sep 12 at 10 AM CT with Bill Glankler (MO State Archives).

📍 Hybrid: In-person at Clark Family Branch or via Zoom.
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August 22, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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'Wiley Price, Bernie Hayes among Living Legends honorees'

🖋 Alvin A. Reid | The St. Louis American
📸 Courtesy Photo

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Wiley Price, Bernie Hayes among Living Legends honorees 
The Be The Change Foundation will celebrate its eighth Living Legends Awards Ceremony at 5 p.m. Saturday, July 25, 2026, at the Missouri History Museum. The annual event honors individuals whose leadership, service, advocacy and lasting impact have helped shape the St. Louis region. Wiley Price, the retired, iconic St. Louis American photographer and a […]
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July 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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'Mill Creek is family, and St. Louis history'

🖋 Kenya Vaughn | The St. Louis American
📸 Taylor Marrie | St. Louis American

https://www.stlamerican.com/arts-and-entertainment/living-it-arts-and-entertainment/mill-creek-is-family-and-st-louis-history/ 

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November 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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'St. Louis’ ‘borderland’ past shaped by slavery and contradiction'

🖋 Sylvester Brown, Jr. | The St. Louis American
📸 Photo from nps.org

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St. Louis’ ‘borderland’ past shaped by slavery and contradiction
Joseph Heathcott, an urban-studies professor at New York’s New School who spent more than a decade studying and teaching in St. Louis, famously described the city as a “weird, borderland city.” He used the phrase to capture St. Louis as a place never fully North or South, yet deeply shaped by racial tension and contradiction. […]
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February 24, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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'From closure to preservation'

🖋 Hiba Ahmad | St. Louis Public Radio
📸 Photo courtesy of WashU

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From closure to preservation
VaNetta Clark remembers the atmosphere inside the Scullin School as electrifying. “We’ve had individuals describe what their experience was like coming into the space,” Clark said. “It was so enlivening. It just felt like you were getting a really big hug.” Clark is pursuing her Ph.D. at Washington University in St. Louis in education policy. […]
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December 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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St. Louis has always been a city of innovators, and Episode 104 of The St. Louis Vault shines a light on one of its most fascinating inventors: Alexandre Ferdinand Godefroy.

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May 26, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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🚨 BREAKING: The **Annie Malone May Day Parade** is back on, thanks to incredible community support! St. Louis, this is OUR tradition, and we’re making it happen! 🏙️🎊 #STLHistory #STL #stlouis
February 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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🚨 BREAKING: The **Annie Malone May Day Parade** is back on, thanks to incredible community support! St. Louis, this is OUR tradition, and we’re making it happen! 🏙️🎊 #STLHistory #STL #stlouis
February 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM