Episode 30: "Gateway To Equality" – Keona Ervin (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 6)

Episode Description

While this year's Missouri Conference on History may be over, the Our Missouri Podcast invites listeners to "meet us" in St. Louis for a multi-part series focusing on several projects and institutions that document the city's history and cultural identity. This episode features Keona Ervin discussing her award-winning book, "Gateway to Equality: Black Women and the Struggle for Economic Justice in St. Louis," which was published by the University Press of Kentucky in 2017.

 

Episode Image: Carter Carburetor Protest March, St. Louis, Missouri, 1942 [Arthur Witman Photograph Collection (S0717), SHSMO]

About the Guest

Keona Ervin holds a Ph.D. in history from Washington University in St. Louis. Presently, she serves as an associate professor of history at the University of Missouri-Columbia.