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The Day I Was Dissed by Dick Gregory: Excerpts from my Washington University Memorial Tribute Speech

on October 16, 2017

A Two-Part Tribute to Dick Gregory Black Lives Matter Graham Chapel Jack Kirkland protesting Slim-Safe Bahamian Diet Sweet Potato Project Washington University Yohance Maqubela

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Moving St. Louis Affirmatively Further: Notes from my recent Harvard trip

on December 15, 2016

Divided City Initiative Forest Park Southeast Gund Hall Graduate School of Design Harvard University Metropolitan Sewer District tax incentives the Grove Washington University

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It’s 2:00 am, Election Day and I Had a Dream

on November 08, 2016

Barack Obama Bernie Sanders Donald Trump Election Day Forest Park Hilary Clinton Pruitt-Igoe Supreme Court Washington University

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Harvard University, Melvin White and a Much-Needed Plan to Thwart Racial Exclusion in St. Louis

on March 14, 2016

Beloved Streets of America CEL Dudley Street Harvard University Kansas City North St. Louis Sweet Potato Project The Mission Center L3C Washington University

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A Novel by Sylvester Brown, Jr.

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Sylvester Brown, Jr.

http://sylvesterbrownjr.blogspot.com/: SAINT LOUIS, MO, United States; Sylvester is a former award-winning columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Prior to that, he published Take Five Magazine for 15 years. After leaving the Post in 2009, Sylvester worked as a consultant and researcher for SmileyBooks, owned by public radio and TV commentator Tavis Smiley on several books including, “The Rich & the Rest of Us,” written by Smiley and Dr. Cornel West. Sylvester founded the Sweet Potato Project in 2012, a program that taught urban youth entrepreneurism through agriculture. In 2019, Sylvester self-published his own book “When We Listen: Recognizing the Potential of Urban Youth.” Sylvester was awarded the 2020 Deaconess Foundation Fellowship to chronicle the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of Black St. Louisans for the St. Louis American newspaper. His latest book, "White Castles with Jesus & Uncle Ray at the used Tire Shop," a collection of his short stories and commentaries was published in January or 2021.

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