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Coinciding with the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week, the SLU Fine & Performing Arts department showcased three productions of Kenneth Jones’ critically acclaimed “Alabama Story” at The Grandel, a warm playhouse in the Grand Center Arts District. The play explores two concurring stories taking place in a segregated, 1950s Montgomery, Alabama. When a children’s...

One of the victims who died attended KIPP St. Louis High School. Others attended Vashon and Carnahan High Schools.