

I tell you what, I had a conversation with a dear friend of mine and i didn't know that he and his family are direct decedents of the ESt.L riots of 1917. He told me the story of how his grandmother had to build a raft from 2x4's to cross the Mississippi River to escape the slaughter of not only his family but the entire black population in the city. This is a story that should always be remembered. Google East St. Louis riots of 1917........