‘Mill Creek: Black Metropolis’ restores a lost legacy   For decades, Mill Creek Valley was dismissed in headlines as a “slum.” In truth, it was a cultural and civic powerhouse—a place where jazz, blues, and ragtime thrived. Black-owned businesses, churches, schools, and social clubs also flourished there. Mainstream media criminally misrepresented Mill Creek Valley in an effort to justify the even bigger crime of […]

'‘Mill Creek: Black Metropolis’ restores a lost legacy'

🖋 Kenya Vaughn | The St. Louis American
📸 Photo courtesy of The Missouri History Museum

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