The "Injustices" series, published by the USA TODAY Network in collaboration with the Equal Justice Initiative, seeks to confront the realities of racial injustice, reckon with their enduring effects, ...

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has released new research on Dred and Harriet Scott, an enslaved couple who sued for their freedom. The Scott's case went to the Supreme Court in 1856, where ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Henry Geyer, who was elected by the Missouri Legislature to replace U.S. Sen. Thomas Hart Benton over the issue of slavery. Geyer ...

The Missouri History Museum's new exhibit, #1 in Civil Rights: The African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, examines the local civil rights movement and the area's role in advancing the cause ...