Vivian Gibson, author of The Last Children of Mill Creek, share her memories of growing up in a Black community in St. Louis with the LWVMO DEI book club on February 27. Developers courted the League of Women Voters as early as 1948 to support urban renewal in St. Louis but failed for lack of a plan to find housing for the many Black families who rented from white slumlords. The city moved ahead with the plan 10 years later after the Pruitt-Igoe housing complex was built. The new Interstate took a sliver of the 465 acres that were demolished, displacing 20,000 Black residents. Learn more at https://www.vivian-gibson.com/.