African American St. Louis

Item# 9781467115094
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The city of St. Louis is renowned for its African American citizens and their significant contributions to culture. Images of Modern America: African American St. Louis showcases events shaping the... Read more

The city of St. Louis is renowned for its African American citizens and their significant contributions to culture. Images of Modern America: African American St. Louis showcases events shaping the city from the 1960s to present, tracing key milestones in its history. This book pays homage to African Americans who strived for fair socioeconomic conditions, exerted political power, and advanced their presence in sports, education, and entertainment.

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The city of St. Louis is known for its African American citizens and their many contributions to the culture within its borders, the country, and the world.



Images of Modern America: African American St. Louis profiles some of the events that helped shape St. Louis from the 1960s to the present.



Tracing key milestones in the city's history, this book attempts to pay homage to those African Americans who sacrificed to advance fair socioeconomic conditions for all.



In the closing decades of the Great Migration north, the civil rights movement was taking place nationally; simultaneously, St. Louis's African Americans were organizing to exert political power for greater control over their destiny.



Protests, voter registration, and elections to public office opened new doors to the city's African Americans.



It resulted in the movement for fairness in hiring practices and the expansion of the African American presence in sports, education, and entertainment.

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Subject: History

Brand: Arcadia Publishing

Publisher Date: 02/01/2016

Dimensions: 9.25 x 6.50 x 0.27

UPC: 9781467115094

Pages: 96