Avenues of Activism

An Oral History Project

From May 2013 to May 2014, the Teens Make History Exhibitors conducted the Avenues of Activism Oral History Project. I was one of thirteen local activists  interviewed who were involved in the fights for civil rights, labor rights, and LGBT rights. Through these interviews, the Exhibitors aimed to collect and share the stories behind historic movements for change, as well as consider how activism continues to shape St. Louis today.

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The MAGA Virus has Infected St. Louis. Who’s Next?

Most people forget that Missouri was a slave state. The state would like to forget that part of its history and pretend that because it’s in the middle of the country, that makes it Midwest. It’s ugly history which includes the infamous Dred Scott case in St. Louis, which makes the state more Southern than Midwestern. It was ripe for the MAGA virus to make St. Louis white again.

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The St. Louis governance model: Default to plantation

Former Missouri State Attorney General and now Senator Eric Schmitt was crystal clear in his analysis of the campaign to rid St. Louis of its Black female legislators. Sure, his post-election post was braggadocious in nature but do not get lost in the tone. Focus on the words which confirmed my declaration that there has been a campaign to rid St. Louis of any Black, forward-thinking elected officials, making St. Louis white again.

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