Standing Up for Civil Rights in St. Louis

by Melanie A. Adams and Amanda E. Doyle

The bustling river city of St. Louis occupies a special place in the long history of African American advocacy for civil rights and equal justice. The city was home to a small but thriving population of free blacks even before the Civil War. It was the location of the first large-scale Emancipation Proclamation--before Lincoln issued its more famous successor. And the city was the site of a number of early, successful civil rights lawsuits, which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 188398291X
• ISBN13: 9781883982911
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Missouri Historical Society Press
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7