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'A voice for Black St. Louis falls silent'

🖋 Sylvester Brown, Jr. | The St. Louis American
📸 Photo courtesy of the Thompson family

#stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #HankThompson #BlackMedia #StLouisHistory #CommunityVoices
A voice for Black St. Louis falls silent
By most accounts, the overflow gathering at McClendon Mortuary in north St. Louis County on Dec. 22 was an event befitting a statesman. Henry George “Hank” Thompson died Dec. 8. He was best known as a radio personality who, for more than 40 years, chronicled and championed the pride, pitfalls and plight of the Black […]
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January 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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FROM GENEALOGY ADVENTURES

#MISSOURIHISTORY #STLOUISHISTORY #CIVILWAR

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Real Talk Live: Your Questions and Our Confessions
YouTube video by Genealogy Adventures Live
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November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Belle Meade and Churchhill Downs are Soon! Here's some Henry Shaw History!
#bellemeade #thecarterhouse #graceland #elvis #elvispresley #graceland #thecartersociety #belmontstakes #thegrandoleopry #nashville #junecartercash #henryshaw #missourihistory #stlouishistory #blackhistory #genealogy
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Thanks Update! Here are Three Missouri Music Artists
#ElvisPresleyFamily #PresleyAncestry #GenealogyProject #FamilyHistoryBook #ElvisConnections #PresleyLegacy ##StLouisHistory #MissouriHeritage #FrenchColonialPast #BlackStLouis #CivilWarHistory #HistoricStLouis

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November 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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#TowerGrovePark #HenryShaw #StLouisHistory #NashvilleHistory #BelleMeadePlantation #CarterHouse #TennesseeHeritage #MississippiHistory #CivilWarStories #southernheritage
#GenealogyResearch #HiddenHistory #AfricanAmericanGenealogy
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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#AmericanFrontier
#FromStLouisToThePacific
#HistoricTrails
#NatureAndHistory
#AdventureThroughHistory
#DiscoverAmerica
#StLouisHistory
#MissouriHeritage
#GatewayToTheWest
#MissouriRiverHistory
#LewisAndClarkInMissouri
#HistoricStLouis
#elvis #elvispresley #graceland
October 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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#stlouishistory #lewisandclark #alton #abolitionist #slavenarrative #sambell #tupelo #huckleberryfinn #uncletomscabin #themightymississippi #showtime #georgejones #cowboycarter #rayprice #churchhilldowns #keeneland #missourihistory #dredandharrietscott #josephinebaker #katherinedunham #geneology
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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#elvispresley #elvis #graceland #missourihistory #Nashville #civilwar #johnbellehood #childrensslaverynovel #history #africanamerican #stlouis #sambell #tupelo #johnnycash #stlouishistory
October 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Thanks Update Early! Henry Shaw's book and Podcast-a really cool look into Tower Grove. We stop all the time for their festivals and free stuff.

#henryshaw #slavery #elvis #elvisprelsey #graceland #bellemeade #tupelo #sambell #priscillaprelsey #nashville #stlouishistory #missourihistory
October 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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#winstonchurchill #Princessdiana #enslavedancestors #montpellier #sallyhemmings #thomasjefferson #bazlurhmann #austinbutler #elvisevolution #missourihistory #stlouishistory #orangemound #bbking #freedomrider
October 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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October 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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#elvis #elvispresley #graceland #trialsandconfessionsofmadisonhenson #missouricrimenovel #civilwar #crimenovel #bellemeade #rippavilla #dredscott #marybeecham #lewisandclark #Missourihistory #Stlouishistory #jessbaker
October 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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#elvis #elvispresley #graceland #trialsandconfessionsofmadisonhenson #missouricrimenovel #civilwar #crimenovel #bellemeade #rippavilla #dredscott #marybeecham #lewisandclark #Missourihistory #Stlouishistory #jessbaker
October 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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#elvis #elvispresley #graceland #trialsandconfessionsofmadisonhenson #missouricrimenovel #civilwar #crimenovel #bellemeade #rippavilla #dredscott #marybeecham #lewisandclark #Missourihistory #Stlouishistory #jessbaker
October 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Thanks! Here's a quick book update and black history fact!

#elvis #elvispresley #graceland #trialsandconfessionsofmadisonhenson #missouricrimenovel #civilwar #crimenovel #bellemeade #rippavilla #dredscott #marybeecham #lewisandclark #Missourihistory #Stlouishistory #jessbaker
October 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Quick Update and LindenWood History!
#taylorswift #swiftie #Lifeofashowgirl #lindenwood #Missourihistory #stlouishistory #elvis #elvispresley #graceland #georgewashington #music #Katyperry #maxmartin #vinyl #popmusic #countrymusic #genealogy #africanamerican #blackhistory #bellemeade #rippavilla
October 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Thanks Everyone! Here's some of my favorite books I've read for research! More soon. #elvispresley #elvis #graceland #missourihistory #Nashville #civilwar #johnbellehood #childrensslaverynovel #history #africanamerican #stlouis #sambell #tupelo #johnnycash #stlouishistory
September 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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#grantsfarm #elvis #elvispresley #elvishistory #graceland #bellemeade #nashville #rippavilla #geneology #stlouishistory #missourihistory #danielboone #themississippiriver #civilwar #history #thegrandoldopry #cowboycarter #tupelo #sambell #blackhistory #africanamerican #missouri #cmt #bet
September 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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#grantsfarm #elvis #elvispresley #elvishistory #graceland #bellemeade #nashville #rippavilla #geneology #stlouishistory #missourihistory #danielboone #themississippiriver #civilwar #history #thegrandoldopry #cowboycarter #tupelo #sambell #blackhistory #africanamerican #missouri #cmt #bet
September 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Thanks Everyone! Here's where Ike and Tina Turner met and eventually moved to Memphis like Elvis.#elvis #elvispresley #graceland #book #africanamerican #eastsrlouis #stlouishistory #tupelo #sambell #bbking #staxrecords
September 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Thanks Everyone! Here's where Ike and Tina Turner met and eventually moved to Memphis like Elvis.#elvis #elvispresley #graceland #book #africanamerican #eastsrlouis #stlouishistory #tupelo #sambell #bbking #staxrecords
September 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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#MissouriHistory #GatewayToTheWest #ShowMeState #MissouriHeritage #StLouisHistory #KansasCityHistory #OzarksHistory #MissouriTrails #LewisAndClark #CivilWarHistory #UndergroundRailroad #BlackHistoryMissouri #NativeAmericanHistory #MissouriRiver #MississippiRiver #FrontierHistory
September 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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#BlackHistoryMissouri
#StLouisHistory
#KansasCityHistory
#MissouriHeritage
#BlackVoicesMissouri
#ShowMeBlackHistory
#AfricanAmericanHistory
#MissouriCivilRights
#UnsungHeroesMO
#BlackPioneersMissouri
September 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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📖 Intrigue, romance, and betrayal on the early American frontier.
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#HistoricalFiction #RevolutionaryWar #FrontierMystery #StLouisHistory #HistoricalThriller #GrangersCrossing #MarkWTiedemann #Booksky
August 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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--Lucy Delany: St. Louis History! Thanks Update.

#LucyDelany #FreedomStories #BlackHistory #MissouriHistory #StLouisHistory #CivilRightsLegacy #HistoricVoices #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #MuseumMoments #elvis #elvispresley #graceland #bellemeade #nashville
August 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM