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People featured in Extraordinary Black Missourians include, clockwise from top left, Henry Armstrong, Tina Turner, Lorenzo Greene, Nathan Armstrong and Julia Davis.
Dred Scott. George Washington Carver. Maya Angelou. We all know these names. They were Black Americans who changed the course of history. And the three have a shared legacy beyond that: They all lived in Missouri.
They are also among the many people featured in the new, second edition of “Extraordinary Black Missourians.” It’s an updated version of the book first published eight years ago by Reedy Press. And it contains much more than just the household names you know from history books.