/tags/jefferson-bank-demonstrations Jefferson Bank demonstrations en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2024-08-28/jefferson-bank-protests-work-black-st-louisans-new-play-legacy Local playwright Kathleen Gamble's new play, “We Shall Not be Moved: The Jefferson Bank Protest,” tells the story of a critical period in St. Louis civil rights history. Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2024-08-28/jefferson-bank-protests-work-black-st-louisans-new-play-legacy Marissanne Lewis-Thompson /government-politics-issues/2019-09-17/obituary-norman-r-seay-educator-and-civil-rights-activist-dies-at-87 Norman Seay, a civil rights warrior who joined the fight as a teenager and became both infantryman and general in two of the most significant civil rights… Tue, 17 Sep 2019 22:25:33 GMT /government-politics-issues/2019-09-17/obituary-norman-r-seay-educator-and-civil-rights-activist-dies-at-87 Gloria Ross /government-politics-issues/2013-08-30/jefferson-bank-movement-turns-50-protesters-from-far-and-near-recall-segregated-st-louis This article originally appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 30, 2013: About two dozen people, some from as far away as New York, California and North… Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:09:50 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-08-30/jefferson-bank-movement-turns-50-protesters-from-far-and-near-recall-segregated-st-louis Robert Joiner /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2013-08-28/the-march-on-washington-and-its-impact-on-st-louis-how-far-have-we-come-since-1963 In the summer of 1963, hundreds of thousands across the nation converged on Washington, D.C. to march for jobs and freedom.Meanwhile, back in St. Louis,… Wed, 28 Aug 2013 21:22:38 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2013-08-28/the-march-on-washington-and-its-impact-on-st-louis-how-far-have-we-come-since-1963 /government-politics-issues/2013-05-16/jefferson-bank-demonstrations-a-civil-disobedience-movement-like-no-other-in-st-louis-area This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The 2600 block of Washington Boulevard is still remembered as the spot marking the beginning of what… Thu, 16 May 2013 21:05:26 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-05-16/jefferson-bank-demonstrations-a-civil-disobedience-movement-like-no-other-in-st-louis-area Robert Joiner /government-politics-issues/2013-05-16/jefferson-bank-demonstrations-a-civil-disobedience-movement-like-no-other-in-st-louis-area This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 16, 2013 - The 2600 block of Washington Boulevard is still remembered as the spot marking the… Thu, 16 May 2013 16:06:26 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-05-16/jefferson-bank-demonstrations-a-civil-disobedience-movement-like-no-other-in-st-louis-area Robert Joiner /health-science-environment/2013-03-20/obituary-for-r-jerome-williams-m-d-family-physician-and-civil-rights-leader This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: In 1963, when it appeared that blacks protesting the discriminatory practices at Jefferson Bank and… Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:18:35 GMT /health-science-environment/2013-03-20/obituary-for-r-jerome-williams-m-d-family-physician-and-civil-rights-leader Gloria S. Ross /government-politics-issues/2010-08-24/norman-seay-looks-back-on-jefferson-bank-and-local-struggle-for-civil-rights This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 24, 2010 - When Norman Seay leads a gathering to this year's commemoration of the Jefferson Bank… Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:56:50 GMT /government-politics-issues/2010-08-24/norman-seay-looks-back-on-jefferson-bank-and-local-struggle-for-civil-rights Linda Lockhart /arts-culture/2010-05-04/a-conversation-about-freedom-summer-with-a-st-louisan-who-was-there This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 4, 2010 - A century after the Civil War, 19-year-old Chris Hexter of St. Louis joined an army of… Wed, 05 May 2010 02:06:49 GMT /arts-culture/2010-05-04/a-conversation-about-freedom-summer-with-a-st-louisan-who-was-there Mary Delach Leonard /government-politics-issues/2010-02-21/new-book-explores-how-st-louis-black-working-class-forged-civil-rights-movement This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 21, 2010 - Much is made of the civil-rights movement in northern cities like New York, Chicago… Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:09:27 GMT /government-politics-issues/2010-02-21/new-book-explores-how-st-louis-black-working-class-forged-civil-rights-movement Jo Mannies