Professor Tiya Miles - Harvard University | History Department

"Sites that mark histories of slavery need to be acknowledged in a way that embraces whole truths to the extent that we can arrive at them and tend with sensitivity to the present needs of people encountering this traumatic past."

Notable Residents

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    Angela Glover Blackwell

    Residence at Policy Link

  • Annie Turnbo Malone

    American businesswoman, inventor and philanthropist

  • Arthur Ashe

    Professional Tennis Player

  • Billy Davis, Jr.

    Singer + Musician

  • Dr. Charles H. Turner

    Zoologist

  • Charleton Tandy

    Volunteer Militia Officer in Missouri

  • Dr. Chauncey Ira Cooper

    Professor and Pharmacist

  • Chuck Berry

    The Father of Rock & Roll

  • Dick Gregory

    Comedian, Civil Rights Leader and Vegetarian Activist

  • Dr. Edward Bouchet

    First African American to graduate from Yale University, and served as Science Teacher at Sumner High School

  • Ethel Hedgeman Lyle

    Founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at Howard University

  • Frederick O’Neal

    Founder the American Negro Theater, the British Negro Theatre

  • George Vaughn

    Lawyer and Civil Rights Leader

  • Georgette Harvey

    Actress

  • Grace Bumbry

    Opera Singer

  • Grant Green

    Jazz Guitarist and Composer

  • Dr. Helen E. Nash

    Pediatrician

  • Dr. Henry Givens, Jr.

    President of Harris- Stowe State University

  • Herman Dreer

    Author, Baptist Minister, and Civil Rights Leader

  • Homer G. Phillips

    Attorney

  • John Hicks

    Pianist

  • Jordan Chambers

    Mayor of St. Louis

  • Julia Davis

    Historian and Educator

  • Lloyd Gaines

    Plaintiff in Gaines v. Canada (Historic figure in Education for African American during the Civil Right Era)

  • Lt. Bobby Wilks

    Coast Guard Aviator

  • Luther Ingram

    R&B and Soul Singer + Songwriter

  • Margaret B. Wilson

    Lawyer, Activist and Chair of the National Board of Director for the NAACP

  • Maudelle Bousfield

    Educator

  • Dr. Moddie Taylor

    Chemist

  • Robert Guilluame

    Actor

  • Robert McFerrin

    Opera Singer

  • Ron Townson

    Member of The 5th Dimension

  • Charles L. "Sonny" Liston

    Professional Boxer

  • Tina Turner

    Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Singer

  • Walthall Moore

    Missouri House of Representatives

  • Wendell Pruitt

    Military Pilot

Books

  • A Century of Black Surgeons: The U.S.A. Experience

    by Jr. Organ, Claude H. (Author), Margaret M. Kosiba (Editor)

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  • "A Friend to All Mankind" Mrs. Annie Turnbo Malone and Poro College

    by John H. Whitfield

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  • Black Maverick: T. R. M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power (New Black Studies Series)

    by David T. Beito

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  • Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry

    by Bruce Pegg

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  • Callus On My Soul: A Memoir

    by Dick Gregory, Shelia P. Moses (Author)

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  • Chuck Berry: The Autobiography

    by Chuck Berry

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  • Days of Grace: A Memoir

    by Arthur Ashe

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  • Discovering African American St. Louis: A Guide to Historic Sites (Volume 1)

    by John A. Wright

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  • Edward Bouchet: The First African-American Doctorate

    by Ronald E Mickens

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  • Exodusters: Black Migration to Kansas After Reconstruction

    by Nell Irvin Painter

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  • Shelley v. Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1 (1948) (LandMark Publication)

    by US Supreme Court, LandMark Publications

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  • I, Tina: My Life Story

    by Tina Turner , Kurt Loder

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  • Lift Every Voice and Sing: St. Louis African Americans in the Twentieth Century

    by Doris A. Wesley, Ann Morris, Wiley Price

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  • Lloyd Gaines and the Fight to End Segregation (Volume 1) (Studies in Constitutional Democracy)

    by James W. Endersby, William T. Horner

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  • Madam CJ Walker's Role Model: Annie Malone

    by Annie Turnbo Malone

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  • Making a Place for Ourselves: The Black Hospital Movement, 1920-1945

    by Vanessa Northington Gamble

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  • Notable Black American Women: Book II

    by Jessie Carney Smith (Editor)

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  • Olivia's Story: The Conspiracy of Heroes behind Shelley v Kraemer

    by Jeffrey S. Copeland

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  • The Devil and Sonny Liston

    by Nick Tosches

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  • The St. Louis African American Community and the Exodusters (Volume 1)

    by Bryan M. Jack

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  • The Ville: St. Louis (MO) (Black America Series)

    by John A. Wright Sr.

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