St. Louis History in Black and White

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St. Louis History in Black and White

Ferguson: August 11, 2014

St. Louis has the dubious distinction of being one of the most racially polarized cities in the...

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Pruitt-Igoe

The Pruitt-Igoe public housing project in St. Louis was built in 1954 and hailed as the prototype...

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Racial Profiling

Statistics show that minorities, especially blacks, are stopped by police in dramatic...

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Shelley vs. Kraemer

In spite of Constitutional protections, blacks were unable to live where they chose because of...

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Judge Theodore McMillian

Judge Theodore McMillian was a man of many firsts: as one of the first black students at the St....

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The Black Soldier's Experience in World War II

Much has been written about black military units in this country dating back to the days of the...

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Freedom Summer

1964 was an important year in the struggle for equal rights. It was the year of the Civil Rights...

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Gail Milissa Grant

St. Louis attorney David M. Grant found ways to break barriers to equal rights. His daughter,...

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White Perceptions of the St. Louis Racial Divide

In St. Louis, sometimes called one of the, if not the , most racially polarized city in America...

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Josephine Baker

World renowned singer-dancer-actress Josephine Baker was born in St. Louis in 1906.For the next...

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Education Achievement Gap

For generations, African American students in St. Louis and the region have performed at a lower...

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Black Artists' Group (BAG)

Black entertainers had a difficult time in St. Louis during much of the 20th century. Musicians...

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Racial Cleansing

Ethnic cleansing is not something that is peculiar to Nazi Germany, Rwanda or Bosnia. American...

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Sundown Towns

One of the most humiliating forms of discrimination was Sundown Towns, communities that...

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Obama Post Election

When Barack Obama was elected president he acknowledged that the historic election of a black man...

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Exodusters

During the years immediately following Reconstruction, 1879 and 1880, there was a massive...

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Rule of Law vs. Civil Disobedience

Among the names of those who have been most involved in advancing civil rights in St. Louis, the...

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Dred and Harriet Scott Backstory

New information reveals that Harriet Scott, who was involved in the original suit for freedom...

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The "N" Word

The N word is a racist, demeaning, humiliating slur and has moved from relatively common everyday...

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