Bill Clay

The 1st Congressional District was created with the help of Black Democrats and Republicans. But not everyone finds that arrangement to be beneficial to Black Missourians.

Veteran Democrat Mike Jones – who has played significant roles in St. Louis and St. Louis County government – joins Politically Speaking to offer his take…

Updated 2 p.m. Nov. 21 with service information - Pearlie Evans, a leader in the civil rights movement who helped integrate public accommodations in St.…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 7, 2013: Retired U.S. Rep. William L. Clay Sr. – Missouri’s first African-American in Congress –…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 9, 2009 - Pearlie Evans remembers how proud she was back in 1965 when she plunked down $25 to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: October 22, 2008 - During his 32 years of representing Missouri's 1st congressional district on the…