/tags/father-dickson-cemetery Father Dickson Cemetery en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Tue, 09 Jan 2024 23:11:59 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-01-09/missouri-emancipation-day-recalls-efforts-to-free-enslaved-people-during-the-civil-war A Missouri History Museum event brings new attention to an antebellum insurrection plot that was secretly devised by free Black Americans in St. Louis — and how an insubordinate war hero ticked off Lincoln with his antics to free enslaved Missourians during the Civil War. Tue, 09 Jan 2024 23:11:59 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-01-09/missouri-emancipation-day-recalls-efforts-to-free-enslaved-people-during-the-civil-war Miya Norfleet /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-10-21/how-volunteers-brought-a-historic-black-st-louis-cemetery-back-from-the-brink After decades of grassroots organization and cleanup efforts by volunteers, the Father Dickson Cemetery in Crestwood has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:30:53 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-10-21/how-volunteers-brought-a-historic-black-st-louis-cemetery-back-from-the-brink Emily Woodbury /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-01-31/keeping-the-legacy-of-st-louis-historic-black-cemeteries-alive Established in 1920, Washington Park Cemetery in Berkeley served as a for-profit burial place for African Americans. Before it stopped operating in the… Fri, 31 Jan 2020 21:58:18 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-01-31/keeping-the-legacy-of-st-louis-historic-black-cemeteries-alive Emily Woodbury