Creve Coeur re-dedicates Dr H Phillip Venable Memorial Park ksdk.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ksdk.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Creve Coeur Leaders To Rededicate Park For Black Doctor Forced Out In The 1950s stlpublicradio.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stlpublicradio.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
St. Louis Public Radio Creve Coeur plans to create a monument honoring Dr. H. Phillip Venable at the park. The Black ophthalmologist was forced to sell his land in the early 1960s after city officials acquired the land through eminent domain.
Creve Coeur officials plan to create a monument to honor Dr. H. Phillip Venable, a Black doctor forced to sell his property more than a half-century ago.
City officials will soon seek artists to design a monument for Dr. H. Phillip Venable Memorial Park. It would aim to highlight the late doctor’s legacy and acknowledge how the city discriminated against him.