Historical April–May 2018 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Westminster neighbor and associate professor of history at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Dr. Priscilla DowdenWhite spoke recently at the Missouri History Museum about the “Pragmatic Civil Rights Vision” and the life and legacy of St. Louis attorney and NAACP titan Margaret Bush Wilson.
In her lifelong struggle to advance freedom and equality for African Americans, women, and all those who were excluded from mainstream society, Margaret Bush Wilson blazed a courageous legal trail marked by landmark decisions and major advances that opened up doors to equal opportunity for all Americans. Dr. Dowden-White is author of Groping toward Democracy: African American Social Welfare Reform in St. Louis, 1920-1949.
The history museum’s special exhibit “# 1 in Civil Rights” closes on April 15.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April–May 2018.
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