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They Said St. Louis Was a Good Place to Roost

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Engelhardt, Tom

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A crow, smoking a cigar and wearing a J. Crow hat is nesting on top of the Gateway Arch. The crow is reading U.S. Civil Rights Commission Report and it is saying, 'They said St. Louis was a good place to roost'.
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State Historical Society of Missouri

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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Civil Rights
  3. Race Relations
  4. Racism
  5. United States
  6. United States Civil Rights Commission

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