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Diversity and Inclusion Center for Diversity and Inclusion

Equity in St. Louis Self-Study Guide

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

  • Delmar Divide
  • Displaced & Erased
  • Whose Streets?

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

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    Please use this form to report an incident of bias involving a student at Washington University in St. Louis.

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