More Than Music- The Ville: Site of Creative Genius Do you want to get to know the place where musical talents like R&B pop legend Tina Turner, guitar god Chuck Berry, and opera singer Grace Bumbry called home? The first of our More than Music series will cover the Black creative genius of The Ville community, located here in St. Louis, with guest speaker Dr. Priscilla Dowden-White. Light refreshments will be served.
The Missouri History Museum’s Thomas Jefferson statue was America’s first public memorial dedicated to its third president in 1913. New interpretive panels will acknowledge that he enslaved more than 600 people.
The Missouri History Museum’s Thomas Jefferson statue was erected in 1913. New interpretive panels will acknowledge that he enslaved more than 600 people.
Dr. Priscilla A. Dowden-White is Associate Professor of History at the University of Missouri where she currently serves as Undergraduate Advisor and teaches a variety of courses on African American history, United States history since 1865, and the history of St. Louis. She holds a B.A. in History from the University of Missouri – St. Louis, a M.P.S. in Africana Studies from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and a Ph.D. in History from Indiana University – Bloomington. Her scholarly interests include social welfare and civic activism among African Americans during the interwar period of WWI and WWII. Dr. Dowden-White is the author of the recently published book titled,