On October 5, 2006, the legendary World Saxophone Quartet, led by jazz legend Hamiet Bluiett, played at Lovejoy School in the small town of Lovejoy, Illinois where Bluiett had attended school six decades before. Those kids had quite a treat...
ACORN workers allege that they were instructed to tell people to vote for U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill while registering voters in support of the proposed minimum wage increase.
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On Jan 29, 2008 in Kansas City, MO.
Sorry about the bouncy camera. You wouldn't believe what I had to do to get this video. The place was PACKED!!!
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The video features Summit founder Russell Simmons; his brother, Reverend Run from Run-DMC; rappers Nelly, Jadakiss; Loon; Remy Martin; Biz from D-12; soul singer Anthony Hamilton; hip-hop legend Doug E. Fresh; and HSAN President/CEO Dr. Benjamin Chavis.
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill broke the news at a press conference a today: Barack Obama will be in St. Louis on Saturday for a 9:00 PM public event (no word yet where). That's just three days before Missouri and 20 other states get a chance to vote on the Democratic and Republican candidates.
At the March 22, 2007 meeting of the Missouri Board of Education, students, activists, and angry parents protested the Board's pending decision to take control of St. Louis Public Schools. One student was maced and arrested.