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The East St. Louis riots or East St. Louis massacres, of late May and July 1–3, 1917, were an outbreak of labor- and race-related violence by whites that caused the death of 40–250 black people and about $400,000 (over $8 million, in 2017 US dollars) in property damage. An estimated 6,000 black people were left homeless. May 1918 Erwin ...
Black flight has altered the hyper-urban density that had resulted from the Second Great Migration to cities (1940–70), with hyper-segregation in inner-city areas, such as in Chicago, St. Louis, and East St. Louis. [13] Job losses in former industrial cities have often pushed population out, as people migrate to other areas to find new work.
SSM Health officials in St. Louis County said that there weren’t enough patients going to the trauma center. North St. The post A trauma center in St. Louis County is gone, leaving many Black ...
The film premiered theatrically in St. Louis, Missouri on June 13, 2014. [1] The documentary chronicles the area of Spanish Lake, Missouri and its transformation from a 1950s white suburb to a mostly black population through a process known as white flight. The themes of the film parallel America's growing political divide, underlying racism ...
Black churches in St. Louis, together with eastern philanthropists, formed the Colored Relief Board and the Kansas Freedmen's Aid Society to help those stranded in St. Louis reach Kansas. [5] In contrast to fundraising success in Kansas, "St. Louis officials discouraged the Exodusters whenever possible", [ 25 ] and therefore the burden of ...
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – St. Louis County voters are filling out lengthy ballots as no-excuse absentee voting begins, and Councilwoman Rita Heard Days hopes people do not overlook Proposition C.
For example, many people from Mississippi moved directly north by train to Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Louis, from Alabama to Cleveland and Detroit, from Georgia and South Carolina to New York City, Baltimore, Washington D.C. and Philadelphia, and in the second migration, from Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi to Oakland, Los Angeles, Portland ...
Franks was a notable member of the Saint Louis branch of the civil rights movement Black Lives Matter and was involved in numerous protests against police brutality, racism, and inequality. In March 2015, Franks started the organization 28 to Life, an urban employment charity that helped match black youths with jobs. [3] [4]