Christopher K. Hays is a web developer with Coventry Health Care in St. Louis. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

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Tom Bass in an undated studio portrait.

By popular consensus, Tom Bass was one of the most skillful and popular horsemen of his era. At the time of his…

Herman Dreer. [State Historical Society of Missouri, UMSL Black History Project Photograph Collection, S0336-167]

Herman Dreer, a respected Black St. Louis educator and scholar, was born on September 12,…

John Berry Meachum. [State Historical Society of Missouri, UMSL Black History Project Photograph Collection (S0336), photo no. 336.638]

John Berry Meachum, best known for his important roles as a spiritual leader, educator, and…

Charlton H. Tandy. [State Historical Society of Missouri, St. Louis Research Center, Black History Photograph Collection (S0336)]

Charlton H. Tandy, an outspoken leader of the nineteenth-century Black civil rights…