Historical April–May 2016 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
This year, the Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council celebrates its 50th anniversary. (The Times, independent of the SDCC is 46 years young!) Throughout this year, this newspaper will highlight the Council’s history and accomplishments and the men and women who contributed so much to the neighborhood.
As a student of urban politics, I was surprised to learn about the neighborhood after moving to the general area. Unlike neighborhoods in so many cities, it did not resegregate after African Americans moved here.
It was the first St. Louis City neighborhood to remain diverse and to stabilize. Remarkable men and women contributed despite considerable institutional racism and key neighbor churches and Washington University also made extraordinary contributions.
The selection below illustrates this history and highlights key early actors.
It is from a detailed history written for the Times by Brad Weir and is also included in the neighborhood history produced for our Centennial in 2008 by Jo Ann Vatcha and Marjorie Weir.
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SDCC celebrated its 25 th anniversary with Richard Hart, Esther Herron, Jack Wright, Bob Blackburn and Calvin Stuart.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April–May 2016.
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