https://mohistory.org/events/its-bigger-than-target-a-history-of-stl-black-neighborhoods

This event is part of the Missouri Historical Society’s “How Did We Get Here?” series, which explores modern efforts to contextualize racism and anti-blackness through a historical lens.

Disinvestment in Black neighborhoods—from Minneapolis to Kansas City—has made headlines recently. There are also many historic and contemporary examples of divestiture in the St. Louis area, from Evens-Howard Place in Brentwood to Kinloch in north St. Louis County.

Join Dr. John Wright, author of St. Louis: Disappearing Black Communities, as he explores the impact that white flight, racial segregation, zoning, and corporate development have had on Black neighborhoods throughout the region. Curator of Urban Landscape and Community Identity Gwen Moore will moderate the program.