Groping toward Democracy Archives - UMSL Daily

Groping toward Democracy

Sharing lessons on the history that helped divide St. Louis

Associate Professor Priscilla Dowden-White's teaching of the past offers lessons for the future....

Historian to discuss barrier-breaking civil rights attorney

Civil rights attorney Margaret Bush Wilson (1919-2009) was a complex individual who broke many barriers throughout her life and professional career. She was part of the legal team that fought...

Historian to revisit African American social reform

A push for African American social welfare reform began in St. Louis long before the start of the civil rights movement in the late 1950s, according to Priscilla Dowden-White, associate...

Historian examines interwar African American social welfare reform in St. Louis

St. Louis was home to a dynamic group of African American social welfare reformers long before the start of the civil rights movement in the late 1950s. University of Missouri–St....