Ep. 430 - Let's Elect Tishaura Jones as Mayor of St. Louis

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In so many ways, St. Louis is ground zero for the Black Lives Matter Movement. And right now, we have a chance to help elect a brilliant Black woman, Tishaura Jones, to be the first Black woman ever elected to the position. Today, I'll tell you all about Tishaura and give you a key chance to support her! Let's GO!

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0:31.2	In many ways, Ferguson and the entire city of St. Louis
0:36.8	is really ground zero for the Black Lives Matter movement.
0:40.2	It's in a lot of ways where the revolution was fueled.
0:45.6	And over the past 10 years, there has been a battle, a fight,
0:51.7	to elect someone as mayor of St. Louis,
0:56.6	who actually has a heart not just for the movement,
0:59.9	but for solving the problems that the movement is fighting.
1:04.4	And just a few years ago, a brilliant Black woman named
1:08.0	to Shar Jones who was the treasurer of the city ran for mayor of St. Louis
1:13.2	and narrowly lost.
1:15.5	She's running for re-election.
1:17.2	She's got more experience than ever.
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