Members of the Greenwood Cemetery Preservation Association will receive the annual Rosa L. Parks Award during Washington University in St. Louis' Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, at Graham Chapel.
Family, friends and community members gathered at Greenwood Cemetery in Wellston on Saturday, October 14, 2023, to celebrate and honor Harriet Robinson Scott, wife of the late Dred Scott.
Greenwood Cemetery, a historically Black cemetery in Hillsdale, is the subject of a documentary set to be released later this fall. St. Louis filmmaker LaCreisha Griffin-Pope talks about her documentary, her personal connection to the cemetery and the history of the site.
The Griot Museum of Black History is gearing up for a permanent exhibit that pays tribute to Black women who helped shape the St. Louis region. Its Black HerStory project will use monuments to honor doctors, historians, community leaders, judges and politicians.