Take Five Contributors December 1997 – Dec. 2002

From Take Five's Final Issue: May 2003

Take Five Magazine Contributors: 

So many years, so many words.  Before the glamour of celebrity photos, before the hunt for premium ads and before the discussion of large distribution and annual dinners come the words.  The success of any publication is determined by its ability to touch people, to strike a chord with the reader that breeds familiarity and trust. Good photographers and good artists help catch the reader’s eyes and draw them to the writer’s words. We owe a huge debt to the writers, artists and photographers that shared their skill with Take Five Magazine for 15 years.  Without their contributions we would have just been another publication with a catchy title.  It was because of your contributions that we were allowed in the hearts and homes of so many readers in the St. Louis metropolitan area for so many years.

With heartfelt thanks, Sylvester and Vicki

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Editors and Senior Writers

Jabari Asim

Fontella Scott Bradford

Cassandra J. Hamilton

Chris Hayden

Johnson Young Lancaster

Fredrick L. McKissack Jr.

Lori Reed

Andrea Wren

 

Contributing Writers

Margena Christian

Dorian Amon

Brother Armstrong

Liana Asim

Kimberly Ballentine

Richard E. Banks

Cedric Benbow

Lindell Boyd

John Chasnoff

Susie Chasnoff

Tim Cogshell

Lowell Croom Denny

Nazlah Diaab

Sandra English

Thomas Gibson

Pamea Greer

Cheryl L. Gunnell

Edna Hanks-Pipes

James Hill

David Hilliard

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Dunkor Imani

David Jackson

Dr. Pamela Jackson

Harry Jackson

Valerie Collins Jackson

Daniel Johnson

Robert Joiner

Ira B. Jones

Kimberly Kendle

Barbara Keely

Linda Lawson

Nathan Lee

Terrence Lee

Kendall Lightfoot

Rudy Nickens

Toni Odom

Chuck Offutt

Terri Austin-Page

Kevin Powell

Greg Reed

Leah Jewel Reynolds

Monica Rollins

Melinda Roth

Pamela Rule

Jose Sayeed

Boyce Smith

Carolyn P. Smith

Seitu James Smith

Monica Talley-Starks

Katrina Taylor

Bettye J. Thomas

Evon Udoh

James Wallace

Katrina Walton

Erise Williams, Jr.

Tracey Williams 

Photographers & Artists

Frank Madkins

Lysanda Barge

David Beckford

Christopher Branch

Stephen Bruce

Michael Caldwell

Patrick Cann

Geoffrey Conners

Felicia King Cooley

Michael Dodson

Robert Gary

Arthur Grant

Kevin Hopkins

Lois Ingrum

Johnathan Jackson

Jeff Lawson

Marilyn Maxwell

Maurice Meredith

Jonn Rochester

Skip Rogers

Jeff Thomas

Dave Trinka

Darryl White

Bob Williams