Harper Barnes
STL Beacon contributorHarper Barnes' most recent book is Never Been A Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked The Civil Rights Movement
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 13, 2011 - "The Big Year" is a mildly pleasant, feel-fairly-good Hollywood comedy that could…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 2, 2011 - Ellen Sweets, who was born and raised and learned to cook in St. Louis, has just…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 23, 2011 - I'll tell you this. Watching Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill cavort in "Moneyball" Thursday…
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This article, first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 15, 2011 - "In man's heaven everybody sings! ... This universal singing is not casual, not…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 8, 2011 - Since "The Andromeda Strain" (1971), at least, germs gone wild have been a staple of…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 1, 2011 - It's hard to believe that there were any heroes in the financial madness that almost…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 25, 2011 - If recent events have caused you to forgot that politics can be fun, "The Names of…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 18, 2011 - I'm a sucker for "unlikely buddy" movies, and "The Guard" is a good one. It begins…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 9, 2011 - When a novel as popular as "The Help" is made into a movie, people are curious as to…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 4, 2011 - "Language is a highly specialized human ability. It's about as likely that an ape will…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 28, 2011 - In July 1942, thousands of French police, acting on the orders of the country's Nazi…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 17, 2011 - Two acclaimed documentaries about African-American music and a classic adventure saga…