When Missouri Banned Schools For Black Students, John Berry Meachum Started A School On A Riverboat

from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson

Today in 1847, the state of Missouri put a significant obstacle in front of a civil rights activist's efforts to educate Black students in St. Louis. But he found a way around it. Plus: starting tomorrow in Wisconsin, the Waupun IceFest gets underway. How a floating school bypassed racist laws in pre-Civil War St. Louis (FOX 2) Waupun IceFest Help our show cover all the best stories from land, sky and sea as a backer on Patreon

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