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St. Louis on the Air
4:57 pm
Tue November 13, 2012

Envisioning Home: Film Details History Of Public Housing In St. Louis

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Credit Jason Epperson
Daniel Blake Smith and Richard Baron talk outside the former Pruitt-Igoe public housing project
Credit Jason Epperson
Richard Baron and Jean King are interviewed outside the former Pruitt-Igoe public housing site
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Jean King and Richard Baron first met in 1968, when the two joined forces to protest conditions and rent hikes in St. Louis public housing.

Together, they earned a reputation as “imaginative leaders” and community advocates, attracting the attention of author/filmmaker Daniel Blake Smith.

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