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Business owners take down boards on Washington Ave., Downtown St. Louis

Washington Avenue St. Louis Garment District. credit craig currie

5 / 5 ( 1 vote ) 7.19.2020 Update – Business owners along Washington Ave. in Downtown St. Louis had windows and doors boarded up a few weeks ago in case of looting due to the civil unrest with the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police Officer. All the boards and sheets of […]

Fashion Anarchy Relaunched: a fashion designer competition in St. Louis

Barbara Bultman and Galina Angheluta, Megan Blanchard win Fashion Anarchy Final in 2019 at The Last Hotel in St. Louis. credit craig currie

5 / 5 ( 3 votes ) Fashion Anarchy Relaunched is a premier fashion designer competition that will be streamed live July 30, 2020 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EST) in St. Louis by brainchildevents.com. Fashion Anarchy 2020 Participants will be given 48-hours for each event to create one look based on a concept/theme […]

Protesters Occupy St. Louis City Hall until Mayor Krewson Resigns

Occupy St. Louis City Hall demand resignation of Mayor Lyda Krewson. credit craig currie

5 / 5 ( 4 votes ) Protesters now occupy St. Louis City Hall vowing to have a presence 24/7 until Mayor Lyda Krewson resigns. Some followers of ExpectUs and Action St. Louis were there among others that just wanted to join in and see justice served to Krewson who endangered constituents by giving out […]

Reverend Darryl Gray Fighting For Our Rights in CWE, St. Louis

Reverend Darryl Gray protest with ExpectUs in the Central West End neighborhood in St Louis.

5 / 5 ( 4 votes ) Reverend Darryl Gray protested with ExpectUs to stand up against police brutality in the Central West End neighborhood on July 3 in St. Louis. His cadence kept us inspired to go that extra mile as we marched about two miles down Kings Highway towards Highway 64/40. Attorney’s Mark […]

Protester’s Talk Demands at St. Louis City Hall

Protesters' Demands at the steps of St. Louis City Hall. credit craig currie

5 / 5 ( 4 votes ) The Black Lives Matter protest for George Floyd began at the steps of St. Louis City Hall on June 7th. The organizers explained in detail what the protest stood for and voiced their demands to the crowd. Protesters’ Speech at St. Louis City Hall The reason we planned […]

Close The Workhouse Speech by 21 year old from E. St. Louis

Close the workhouse Speech YouTube cover

5 / 5 ( 4 votes ) Close The Workhouse Speech was eloquently done by a 21 year old gentleman from East St. Louis, Thursday, June 18th in the middle of Hall Street. CLOSE THE WORKHOUSE in St. Louis has become a popular phrase and an ongoing endeavor with ExpectUs and other protesters. The Workhouse […]

Juneteenth: Best Dance Party Downtown St. Louis Every Had!

Juneteenth was a dance party on Tucker Blvd in front of St. Louis City Hall. credit craig currie

5 / 5 ( 5 votes ) Juneteenth was the best dance party I have ever been to in Downtown St. Louis. Hundreds of people showed up to have fun and dance in front of St. Louis City Hall on Tucker Boulevard, which was a dance floor on steroids. In the midst of all the […]

Juneteenth by ExpectUS Presents Dancing on Tucker Blvd. in Downtown St. Louis

Juneteenth: hundreds dancing having fun on Tucker Blvd. in front of St. Louis City Hall. credit craig currie

5 / 5 ( 5 votes ) The Juneteenth celebration, organized by ExpectUs, had hundreds of people dancing on Tucker Boulevard Friday in front of St. Louis City Hall. The event started around 5 PM and ended a bit after 7 PM. In this video they were dancing on the paint that spelled out REPARATIONS […]

Juneteenth: Speech then Dancing in front of St. Louis City Hall on Tucker Blvd.

Crowd dances on Tucker Boulevard in front of St. Louis City Hall during Juneteenth. credit craig currie

5 / 5 ( 5 votes ) Juneteenth, organized by ExpectUS, had a lots of speakers and lots of dancing during the day that ran into evening on Tucker Boulevard in front of St. Louis City Hall. South Tucker Blvd. and Market Street were completely blocked off by barricades and guarded by police. This created […]

Juneteenth: Cori Bush Speaks Emancipation, Slavery at St. Louis City Hall

Juneteenth Cori Bush talks Emancipation, Freedom St Louis City Hall Downtown. credit craig currie

5 / 5 ( 5 votes ) During the Juneteenth celebration Cori Bush, candidate for US Congress 1st District, gave s a powerful speech on the Emancipation Proclamation and slavery at St. Louis City Hall. Mrs. Bush said, “Every single strike, every single strike that one of our ancestors took. I am saying our ancestors […]

Juneteenth: Dancing in the Streets in Downtown St. Louis

Woman solo dancing is circle at Juneteenth celebration in Downtown St. Louis. credit craig curie

5 / 5 ( 5 votes ) Juneteenth was a block party with lots of dancing and fun Friday evening in front of St. Louis City Hall on Tucker Boulevard in Downtown St. Louis. The stereo speakers used were hauled in on a flatbed that filled city streets with music for the first time in […]

Cori Bush Protests Workhouse Jail to “SHUT IT DOWN” Permanently

Cori Bush Protesting to close down Workhouse Jail on Hall Street in St. Louis. credit craig currie

5 / 5 ( 5 votes ) Cori Bush and other community activists protested to have the Workhouse closed down permanently. This is the dreadful jail that holds presumed-innocent people before a trial, people who are unable to pay for bail after getting arrested. This is unconstitutional. The citizens jailed at the workhouse consist of […]