Explore Missouri's past and prepare for the future through the African American Experience in Missouri lecture series. Launched in 2016, the African American Experience in Missouri series aims to offer the public a new understanding of present-day Missouri by learning about the history of African Americans within the state.
Martha S. Jones, Arthur F. Thurnau professor at the University of Michigan, shares the deeply powerful and very tragic story of Celia, who was purchased by a local man in Callaway County and suffered tremendously for years before she eventually stood up for her basic human right to decide her own fate.
