One hundred and twenty five years ago, Sarah Newton Cohron and other African-American teachers in the local segregated schools started a campaign to establish the St. Louis Colored Orphans Home. “We should by all means look into conditions of the Colored orphans of the city,” said Julia Casey, according to the Feb. 23, 1887, minutes […]
Author Archives: Virginia Gilbert and Barry Gilbert for The St. Louis Beacon
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