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PHOTOS: Teachers hold anti-racism walk for their students

PHOTOS: Teachers hold anti-racism walk for their students

August 4, 2020

Mehlville School District teachers host an Anti-Racism Black Lives matter walk Sunday, June 28, at Mehlville High School. The teachers organizing the event said it would "show our students and community...

About 60 protesters with a range of colorful signs lined both sides of Gravois Road in Affton June 6 to show support for ‘Black Lives Matter’ and against racism. Some drivers passing by raised their fists in support.

Lindbergh responds to George Floyd’s death and protests

July 4, 2020

Lindbergh Schools Superintendent Tony Lake sent an email to district parents last month responding to nationwide protests about the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled...

About 60 protesters with a range of colorful signs lined both sides of Gravois Road in Affton June 6 to show support for ‘Black Lives Matter’ and against racism. Some drivers passing by raised their fists in support.

‘Black Lives Matter’ draws crowds, conversations

June 26, 2020

About 60 protesters with a range of colorful signs lined both sides of Gravois Road in Affton June 6 to show support for ‘Black Lives Matter’ and against racism. 

Lt. Col. Mary Barton

New police chief faces questions over department, racism and her response

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 26, 2020

County officials are divided over whether there is systemic racism in the St. Louis County Police Department, with Democratic County Council members and even a member of the police board that just hired...

Participants in the Oakville Black Lives Matter drive decorated their vehicles with posters and car paint to show their support.

Mehlville teachers organize ‘Black Lives Matter’ walk

June 25, 2020

There will be an anti-racism Black Lives Matter walk at Mehlville High School this Sunday. The walk, organized by a group of Mehlville School District teachers, will take place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m....

Participants in the Black Lives Matter drive, organized by an Oakville High School student, drive down Forder Road.

‘Black Lives Matter’ drive organized by OHS senior sees large response

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 25, 2020

A socially distanced Black Lives Matter drive took place last week in Oakville, organized by an Oakville High School student. It was the second Black Lives Matter event to happen in South County, as similar...

Protesters gathered at the intersection of Gravois and MacKenzie roads to support the Black Lives Matter movement June 6. Some protesters signs, like that above, called for defunding the police.

‘Defund the police’ signs lead to talks about policing with a new perspective

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 23, 2020

As protests have swept the country for the last month in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, a growing movement to “defund the police” is gaining traction with some officials. The...

Socially distanced Black Lives Matter drive organized by Oakville High student

Socially distanced Black Lives Matter drive organized by Oakville High student

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 17, 2020

A socially distanced Black Lives Matter drive will take place Wednesday in Oakville, organized by an Oakville High School student. The drive, organized by Thomas Schartner, a 2020 OHS graduate and son...

Students walk to class during the passing period at Lindbergh High School Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018.

‘Black Lives Matter’ sign causes Lindbergh High debate

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter February 27, 2019

A “Black Lives Matter” poster at Lindbergh High School hung for Black History Month sparked debate and some anger regarding race and students’ rights in school. The poster, which read “All Lives...

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