Blacks have a rich and varied history in Missouri; as slaves, freedmen and freedwomen, settlers, teachers, soldiers, farmers...
It is a history little known or appreciated--even by native African Missourians. This project is intended to provide
access to some of our sad and wonderful history.
This homepage supplies links to information, articles, and narratives about the State's history taken from sources such
as the Official Manual of the State of Missouri, Preservation Issues by the Missouri Department of Natural
Resources, African American Heritage of St. Louis by the St. Louis Public Library, the Black Studies Gopher of the
University of Missouri-St. Louis, and narratives provided by the Western Historical Manuscript Collection and University
Archives (University of Missouri System).
About the photo
Index for articles from Preservation Issues and the African-American Archeology newsletter.
The Gruesome and Controversial:
- A Partial List of African Americans Lynched
in the United States since 1859 is available from Christine's Genealogy Website
[choose Contents, then Lynching and the Klan].
- Without Sanctuary
Allen and John Littlefield and
published by Twin Palms Pub. presents photographs and postcards taken
as souvenirs at lynchings throughout America.
Protest documents : These are propaganda materials collected in print in the St. Louis area. The source of the Slave Consultant's Narrative has never been established. The other documents entered here are published and distributed by the All African People's Revolutionary Party.
- The Slave Consultant's Narrative: The life of an Urban Myth?
- We Are African Period!
- The Land Question
- Zionist Logic
Links to extra-Missouri sources:
From the Census Bureau:
Sites recommended by Library Journal's WEBWatch column
(byline Thomas Jay Kemp, September 1, 1997 issue [vol. 122, pp. 125-6]):
The compilation of information comprising African Missouri,
Second Edition is the responsibility of
Anne Taylor. All comments about materials
presented and suggestions for other materials should be directed to: