Sonny Liston, Frankie Freeman, Chuck Berry, Tina Turner, Dick Gregory:
That’s just a handful of America’s black luminaries who called “The Ville” home, a one square mile neighborhood in north St. Louis.
But decades of population loss and systemic disinvestment have left it a shell of its former self.
We team up with our very cool friends at WYPR’s “Out of the Blocks” and St. Louis' 4theVille organization to tell the neighborhood’s story through the voices of people who call it home today.
Music in this episode is by Out of the Blocks producer Wendel Patrick and local St. Louis producer Trifeckta.
- See more photos of the people featured in the episode and get a full transcript here.
- Find out more about the Ville here.
- Check out other great episodes by Out of the Blocks here:
- Hear us talk more about the collaboration here.
Last year we collaborated with the very cool producers at Baltimore’s “Out of the Blocks” podcast and St. Louis' 4theVille and brought you voices from the Ville, a historic black neighborhood in north St. Louis.
This is the second show from that podcast mashup. And, as a bonus, we threw some extra stories at the end.
- See more photos of the people featured in the episode and get a full transcript here.
- Find out more about the Ville here.
- Check out other great episodes by Out of the Blocks here:
- Hear us talk more about the collaboration here.
Music in this episode is by Out of the Blocks producer Wendel Patrick and local St. Louis producer Trifeckta.
