Click on the links below to better your understanding race-based disparities in St. Louis. These resources highlight the historical context, current trends, and local racial-justice reform efforts.
Video
News Publications
- Reparations for Ferguson
- St. Louis Is Growing More Diverse—Just Not in the Black Half of Town
- Segregated Schools in St. Louis Are Not an Accident
- Three years after Ferguson, the same old concerns rise in St. Louis protests
- How municipalities in St. Louis County, Mo., profit from poverty
- St. Louis: A city divided
- The Making of Ferguson: Public Policies at the Root of its Troubles
- In St. Louis, Delmar Boulevard is the line that divides a city by race and perspective
- The sad story of public education in St. Louis
Resources
- Mapping Decline Map
- Ferguson Syllabus
- Forward Through Ferguson
- FOR THE SAKE OF ALL: Improving the health & well-being of African Americans in St. Louis and why it matters for everyone
- Understanding What We See: A St. Louis Tour with Professor Bob Hansman
- St. Louis History in Black & White – St. Louis Public Radio
- We Live Here Podcast– We Live Here is a co-production of St. Louis Public Radio and PRX
- U.S. Department of Justice Ferguson Report
Academic Journals and Books
Gordon, C. 2009. Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Ferguson, K. M., Jun, J., Bender, K., Thompson, S., & Pollio, D. (2010). A comparison of addiction and transience among street youth: Los angeles, california, austin, texas, and st. louis, missouri. Community Mental Health Journal, 46(3), 296-307.
Bristol, K. (1991). The Pruitt-Igoe Myth. Journal of Architectural Education (1984-), 44(3), 163-171. doi:10.2307/1425266
Trent, W. T. (1997). Why the gap between black and white performance in school?: A report on the effects of race on student achievement in the st. louis public schools. The Journal of Negro Education, 66(3), 320-329.
University Courses
L90 AFAS 406 — Sexual Health and the City: A Community-Based Learning Course (Partnership with St. Louis AIDS)
L98-122 section 01: A&S Freshman Seminar — A Sense of Place: Discovering the Environment of St. Louis
L98-3006 section 01 — Local Archives: Directed Study in St. Louis
L98-317S section 01 — Service Learning: Documenting the Queer Past in St. Louis
A46 ARCH 307X — Community Building, Building Community
A46-457B section 01 — Segregation by Design: A Historical Analysis of the Impact of Planning and Policy in St. Louis
L48 Anthro 331 — Culture and Identity: Urban Ethnography in St. Louis
L22 History 306M — Visualizing Segregation: A History of St. Louis, Chicago and New Orleans
L22 History 3843 — Filming the Black Freedom Struggle in St. Louis
Sociology 2010 – Understanding Racial Inequality in the Contemporary U.S.: The Roots of Ferguson
EnSt 122 — A Sense of Place: Discovering the Environment of St. Louis
S60-5076 SED — East St. Louis Seminar, Part I