History Happened Here - A Virtual Tour of St. Louis' Cultural Communities

History Happened Here - A Virtual Tour of St. Louis' Cultural Communities

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Scrapbook of clippings from St. Louis newspapers, pamphlets, etc. concerning segregation in St. Louis, 1916-1923.

Shelley v. Kraemer [40th anniversary commemoration of the 1948 Supreme Court decision banning racial restrictive covenants in home sales]

Scrapbook of clippings from St. Louis newspapers, pamphlets, etc. concerning segregation in St. Louis, 1916-1923.

Scrapbook of clippings from St. Louis newspapers, pamphlets, etc. concerning segregation in St. Louis, 1916-1923.

Scrapbook of clippings from St. Louis newspapers, pamphlets, etc. concerning segregation in St. Louis, 1916-1923.

Scrapbook of clippings from St. Louis newspapers, pamphlets, etc. concerning segregation in St. Louis, 1916-1923.

Scrapbook of clippings from St. Louis newspapers, pamphlets, etc. concerning segregation in St. Louis, 1916-1923.

Street cars were a focal point for early restrictions in Lewis Place. Here an automobile uses a wooden crossing over street car tracks at the corner of Lindell and Boyle Avenues. Missouri History Museum.

The Crisis, Vol.II no.1, November 1915. Commentary on the proposed segregation ordinance in St. Louis.

Scrapbook of clippings from St. Louis newspapers, pamphlets, etc. concerning segregation in St. Louis, 1916-1923.

A Louisville attorney declares segregation a

Supporters of the 1916 ordinance used the St. Louis screening of Birth of a Nation as an opportunity to hand out pro-segregation materials.

Birth of a Nation was screened in the Olympic Theater, 107 S. Broadway, St. Louis. Stereo by Boehl & Koening, Saint Louis, Mo. Library of Congress Photographs and Prints.

Homer G. Phillips Hospital. 2000 North Whittier Street. Missouri History Museum.

A Summer Party at 4535 Lewis Place circa 1950s. Courtesy of the Charles Goldston Family and the Public Policy Research Center, UMSL.

Mattie Meyers inside her diner on Lewis Place. Courtesy of the Public Policy Research Center, UMSL.

Gates Funeral Home advertisement in the St. Louis American, March 6, 1952.

“8 Lewis Place,” home originally owned by William J. Lewis, photo by Sheila Davis, 2007, digital color print, 8 x 10 inches. Courtesy of the Public Policy Research Center, UMSL.