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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Cote Brilliante Presbyterian Church was a primary player in the Shelley v. Kraemer case. Many church leaders were part of the Marcus Avenue Improvement Association and funded the Kraemers in their legal battles.

David M. Grant, president of the St. Louis branch of the NAACP, and Josephine Baker on the night of the benefit at Kiel Auditorium. Photograph, 1952. Courtesy of Gail Milissa Grant.

Obituary for lawyer Scovel Richardson, president of the St. Louis Bar Association.

#2 Lewis Place, designed in 1892 by Thomas B. Annan for Dr. Charles A. Powell, who practiced medicine in the home. The house was later sold via straw party to the Laynes. Photo courtesy of the Public Policy Research Center, UMSL

Mill Creek sat on land once occupied by the Chouteau Pond, South to Eight and Gratiot. Photo c. 18 July 1851, daguerreotype by Easterly, Thomas M., 1851. Missouri History Museum.

A map re-imagining St. Louis following the passage of the 1916 Segregation Ordinance--an ordinance which was quickly overturned.

After the passage of the 1916 Segregation Ordinance, the president of the UWA donated copies of the Home Defender to the Missouri History Museum. Scrapbook of clippings from St. Louis newspapers, pamphlets, etc. concerning segregation in St. Louis, 1916-1923.

African American Workers at Scullin Steel Machining Casings for 2000 Pound Bombs. Photograph, 1943. Scullin Steel was one of the top employers of African Americans in St. Louis. Missouri History Museum.

Pres. L.B. Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Bill which prohibited discriminatory practices in housing (better known as the Fair Housing Act). Library of Congress, Photograph and Prints.

Family in suburban home, St. Louis County, MO July 1961. [Display home for Fischer and Frichtel, building contractors]. Missouri History Museum.

The tension over so-called wild cat real estate companies is evident in this St. Louis Post Dispatch article about the Olive Street Terrace Real Estate Company.
Scrapbook of clippings from St. Louis newspapers, pamphlets, etc. concerning segregation in St. Louis, 1916-1923.

Lewis Place resident Fredda Witherspoon was one of the first African Americans to graduate from Washington University. Missouri History Museum.

St. Louis Levee. daguerreotype by Easterly, Thomas M., 1853. The Lewis fortune came, in part, from success in the riverboat industry. Missouri History Museum.

J.D. Perry Lewis, the son of William Lewis, built the first horseless carriage in St. Louis and later founded the Lewis Automobile Company at 4108 Olive Street. Missouri History Museum.

Typical California bungalow, Detroit Publishing Company. Library of Congress, Photograph and Prints.

Entrance gate of Washington Terrace. Photograph by Emil Boehl, 1903. Missouri History Museum.