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Parents and lawmakers across the nation are pushing to ban books in schools. Many of the challenged books are by Black or LGBTQ authors. St. Louis-area students are determined to read banned materials to better understand Black history.
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The century-old Black cemetery in north St. Louis County is seeing new attention from volunteers after decades of neglect.
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Historian Katie Moon describes notable women who shaped St. Louis history.
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Enslaved people risked everything to escape Missouri for Kansas — even walking across a frozen riverSlavery in Missouri is rarely discussed, but unique geography in its western region helped create a treacherous set of circumstances for the enslaved.
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The Griot Museum of Black History has received a $100,000 grant to honor the historic contributions of Black St. Louis women.
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Homer G. Phillips Hospital was internationally known as a state-of-the-art institution and for training Black medical graduates, when few other places did so. The hospital, located in the Ville, was open from 1937 to 1979.
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After decades of grassroots organization and cleanup efforts by volunteers, the Father Dickson Cemetery in Crestwood has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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“We have so many different cultural aspects, and we’re not taking care of them,” said one East St. Louisan.
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George Washington Carver is slotted in American history lessons as "the peanut guy." But the Missourian led a revolution in biofuels, food trucks, plant-based meats, alternative medicines, and even civil rights.
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In many school districts, there is a tense debate mounting over whether teachers should discuss the role racism and discrimination have played throughout our nation’s history.