Minnie Liddell

Two days before St. Louis voters would decide the fate of a small sales tax increase to pay for school desegregation in 1999, the woman who started the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 23, 2012 - More than 40 years after legal action began to desegregate St. Louis area schools,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 20, 2012 - Attorney Bill Douthit remembers the moment that he knew the St. Louis area’s…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 29, 2011 - Don Senti remembers when the first group of St. Louis students in the area's…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 30, 2009 - She was born in Starkville, Miss., the descendent of slaves but she spent most of…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 3, 2008 - On the morning of Aug. 25, 1983, about 300 St. Louis children boarded buses for trips…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: On the morning of Aug. 25, 1983, about 300 St. Louis children boarded buses for trips lasting as long…