St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The 8th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Tribute Breakfast was held on Thursday at St. Louis University. The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and Saint Louis University hosted the event, which drew a huge crowd. Noted journalist Roland Martin served as the keynote speaker. During his speech, Martin urged…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The community is preparing to say goodbye to St. Louis civil rights leader Frankie Muse Freeman. A public visitation will be Friday from 5 p.m.until 8 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the Missouri History Museum. This will be followed by a funeral service Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Washington Tabernacle Missionary…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis civil rights icon Frankie Muse Freeman has died. Adolphus Pruitt, head of the St. Louis NAACP, said Freeman’s family confirmed her death Friday. Freeman served as the lead counsel in the landmark 1954 case Davis et al. v. the St. Louis Housing Authority, which ended legal racial discrimination in…