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Most after-school activities for the district were called yesterday and today. Mechanic Amin Mitchell told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he believes the noose was meant to send a racist message after an argument with a manager.

The longtime civil rights and voting rights activist died Thanksgiving Day in O'Fallon, Illinois. Scott spent 32 years as the head of the East St. Louis NAACP branch.

The Missouri NAACP is calling for the state's top election official to step down. The NAACP on Friday asked for Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft…

The president of the St. Louis County NAACP has been suspended by the national organization, in part for his support of a bill that would change how…

Every year, St. Louis NAACP President Adolphus Pruitt lobbies to boost funding to Missouri’s historically black colleges and universities, and every year,…

Near the end of Tuesday night’s “community engagement” conversation at the Second Missionary Baptist Church, the convener, the Rev. Carlos Taylor, asked…

Former Jefferson City NAACP Chapter President died last Tuesday. Nimrod Chapel, Sr. was 76 and died from a recent stroke. A longtime civil rights…

Several members of the St. Louis-area clergy are questioning why it took four years for murder charges to be filed against a former city police officer…

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:University of Missouri System Announces New Diversity InitiativesNAACP Vows to Fight Voter ID if…

Republicans will likely take a big step forward Wednesday in what has been a 10-year battle to pass voter identification legislation in Missouri.The bill…