In honor of Black History Month, The State Historical Society of Missouri is taking a "deep dive" into the Missouri Sharecroppers' Strike of 1939. JOAN STACK, Curator of Art Collections, tells us the story of what happened, and shares some poignant images by photographer Arthur Witman that are currently on display inside Ellis Library on the MU campus. February 17, 2023
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The State Historical Society of Missouri, in collaboration with the Missouri School of Journalism, invites the public to view a new exhibit, "Mr. Pruitt’s Possum Town: Trouble
Segregation has shaped St. Louis as surely as the waters of the Mississippi River. In “The Material World of Modern Segregation: St. Louis in the Long Era of Ferguson,” Washington University in St. Louis scholars, seek to follow that troubled course through physical traces, oral histories, fragmented communities and continuing grassroot struggles.