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September: A Closer Look

MK Lush After being in the business of styling hair for 18 years, Micki Kliethermes...

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September: A Closer Look

MK Lush After being in the business of styling hair for 18 years, Micki Kliethermes...

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September: A Closer Look

MK Lush After being in the business of styling hair for 18 years, Micki Kliethermes...

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September: A Closer Look

We take a look at three of Columbia’s newest businesses or locations – Sugarwitch Ice...
while the other stands nearby. Both wear black T-shirts with colorful text and jeans. The woman speaking has curly hair and the other has long braids and wears a mask.|Two people sit in folding chairs by a parked vehicle

155 Years of Black Freedom

On June 19, 1865, Union Army General Gordon Granger arrived on the island of Galveston,...

each filled with a different skin tone ranging from light to dark.|A woman with shoulder-length brown hair smiles at the camera. She is wearing a gray top and silver hoop earrings

Black in Columbia

I arrived in Columbia on January 12 of 2015. I was 16 and had moved...

wavy hair smiles in front of a gray background. They are wearing a blue t-shirt with the phrase representation MATTERS in bold red and white letters.

PYSK: Loreli Wilson

Job descriptionIn my role, I oversee diversity and inclusion and community initiatives for Veterans United...

with the kids wearing green and yellow jerseys. People and players are in the background near the field. The atmosphere is cheerful and lively.

CYSK: Jaime and Tony Palmer

How did you meet? Tony: At the greatest university in the country that I like...

A group of twenty-two people smiling and posing in an alleyway with brick walls. Most are wearing matching white T-shirts featuring a logo. A few are crouching at the front while others stand behind them. Urban buildings are visible in the background.

August: A Closer Look

QuarkWorks QuarkWorks began as a dream of three MU grad school students — Bryan Pratte...

A group of twenty-two people smiling and posing in an alleyway with brick walls. Most are wearing matching white T-shirts featuring a logo. A few are crouching at the front while others stand behind them. Urban buildings are visible in the background.

August: A Closer Look

We take a look at three of Columbia's newest businesses or locations....