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A GREAT DIVIDE: Tense split erupts between CoMo racial justice groups Expired 09 February 2018 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 17796
"UNCOMFORTABLE BLACK MOTHER": CoMo resident asks Matthes to resign over Diversity Breakfast speech Expired 06 February 2018 Written by: Heart Beat staff Hits: 24159
PROMISE KEEPERS? City Hall, Council making good on Blind Boone Home renovation Expired 20 April 2015 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 24742
FROM CoMo to SELMA: Stephens College grad goes big time with fashions for hit film Expired 11 February 2015 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 24218
THE THIRD INJUSTICE: Black America has yet to overcome this poorly-understood national policy Expired 01 December 2014 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 18414
EYE-OPENER: The list of black-owned businesses wiped out during CoMo's "urban renewal" push Expired 10 November 2014 Written by: Heart Beat staff Hits: 23455
INDEPENDENCE DAY? Not for many in Columbia's black community, where history seems doomed to repeat Expired 04 July 2014 Written by: Heart Beat staff Hits: 10950
ALMETA CRAYTON'S POLITICAL LEGACY: In her hard-hitting, humorous, insightful words Expired 26 December 2013 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 10354
AN ALMETA THANKSGIVING: Sixteen years of Everybody Eats, in Crayton's own words Expired 27 November 2013 Written by: Heart Beat Staff Hits: 8557
ALMETA CRAYTON DIES: Quintessential Columbia public servant passes after struggle with kidney, heart ailments Expired 21 October 2013 Written by: Heart Beat Staff Hits: 9174
CRAYTON MAY BE IN COMA: Former Councilwoman reportedly in "serious condition" Expired 08 October 2013 Written by: Heart Beat Staff Hits: 7483
QUIET GIANTS: Eliot Battle, Isaac Hathaway, and George Washington Carver Expired 16 June 2013 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 12553
BLIND BOONE HOME: Reader asks, Why not a black culture center that would benefit all? Expired 18 April 2013 Written by: Rhonda Gaye Woolsey Hits: 7903
BLIND BOONE BUCKS: Exorbitant price tag sparks calls for accounting Expired 02 March 2013 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 10846
CoMo's FIRST BLACK NEWSPAPER: Library of Congress features rare historic issues from 1901-03 Expired 28 September 2012 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 9500
THE SAGA OF THE SHARP END: Columbia's lost black business district, Final Expired 18 August 2012 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 14399
THE SAGA OF THE SHARP END: Columbia's lost black business district, Part 3 Expired 13 August 2012 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 16157
THE SAGA OF THE SHARP END: Columbia's lost black business district, Part 2 Expired 03 August 2012 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 16436
THE SAGA OF THE SHARP END: CoMo's lost black business district, Part 1 Expired 22 July 2012 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 21568
RACISM AT FAULT: For endless Blind Boone Home restoration delay, former official says Expired 27 June 2012 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 11572
WITH THE GHOSTS OF SEGREGATION IN COLUMBIA, MISSOURI: Two Visionary Spirits Find Rest Expired 12 February 2012 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 19580
BLACK LEADERSHIP PROFILE: Steve Calloway Expired 11 February 2012 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 11627
BLACK LEADERSHIP PROFILE: Pastor Lorenzo Lawson Expired 03 February 2012 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 11918
BLACK LEADERSHIP PROFILE: Eliot Battle Expired 27 January 2012 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 10119
BLACK LEADERSHIP PROFILE: Tyree Paladon Byndom Expired 23 January 2012 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 14708
BLACK LEADERSHIP PROFILE: Mary Ratliff Expired 16 January 2012 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 12121
BLACK LEADERSHIP PROFILE: Glenn B. Cobbins, Sr. Expired 10 January 2012 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 12649
BLACK LEADERSHIP PROFILE: Granny's House founder Pamela Ingram Expired 02 January 2012 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 10865
BLACK LEADERSHIP PROFILE: David Tyson Smith Expired 01 January 2012 Written by: Heart Beat Staff Hits: 11238
COLUMBIA'S TOP TEN BLACK LEADERS: Powerful voices for troubling times Expired 31 December 2011 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 25043
BLACK LEADERSHIP PROFILE: William "Gene" Robertson Expired 11 December 2011 Written by: Mike Martin Hits: 13854

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