Brent Cook says a special part of his Native American practices revolve around using his Peace Pipe. It connects his spiritual and physical self with nature and his heritage.
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Podcast: Black history and the Battles
Did your doctor tell you to get more exercise like mine did? Here’s a 30-minute podcast that will give you time to walk and insight into Missouri’s Black history and even some insider information on two educators well known in Columbia, Eliot Battle and Muriel Battle. Full disclosure: Trevor Harris, who created this podcast, is…
Jim Ussary, a founder of one of Columbia’s major employers, dies
Jim Ussary Sr., one of the founders of one of Columbia’s top employers, died on March 10, 2022, according to this March 11, 2022 obituary in the Columbia Daily Tribune. But you could be excused if you didn’t recognize his name today. Ussary was one of the three founders of ABC Laboratories when it was…
Sharp End explained
Sharp End, Columbia’s Black business and cultural center, was wiped out in the 1960s through urban renewal.
Marking history: Freddie Lee Hayes, first Black graduate of Missouri School of Medicine, died
In 1958, Freddie Lee Hayes became the first Black student to earn a four-degree from the Missouri School of Medicine, according to a notice of his Oct. 16, 2021 death in the Columbia Missourian on Nov. 3, 2021.
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