ACLU-MO and Racial Justice: 1940s
ACLU-MO in the 1940s In the years before World War II, the St. Louis Civil Liberties Committee was a small...
Category: Local History
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ACLU-MO Early Years: 1930s
The St. Louis Civil Liberties Committee began on May 7, 1920, with about a dozen volunteers, both men and women.... -
Open to All: The Fight to Desegregate St. Louis Restaurants
One of the documents preserved in the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Records at the Washington University Libraries is this simple... -
Reflections on a Centennial
In 2017, the Washington University Libraries’ Julian Edison Department of Special Collections and the ACLU of Missouri began preparation for the ACLU’s... -
Holobaugh in History
What’s in a Name? At Washington University in St. Louis, a yearly ceremony honors “students, staff and faculty, and St.... -
Race, HIV/AIDS, and Health Care Access in 1980s St. Louis
In conjunction with programs at The Griot Museum of Black History, Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis is taking a closer look... -
Marching with Pride
Pride and St. Louis, 1979 – 2019 Forty years ago, in April 1979, the first organized “Gay Pride” event took... -
The ACLU’s Work in Focus: Reflections from an Internship
Reflections The history of the ACLU of Missouri is the history of St. Louis – and, as the old saying goes, history... -
Reflections on Roger Baldwin and WashU
As an intern helping compile the ACLU of Missouri’s history, one of my tasks involved learning more about Roger Nash Baldwin... -
LGBTQ History and Black History Month
The Zebra Lounge is one of 800+ locations connected to LGBTQ history that are documented online in Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis. In the 1980s... -
A Look at LGBTQ+ Periodicals
As part of our continued celebration of LGBT History Month this October, we are highlighting a few of the historic... -
WWI Collections: Remembering Charles Duncker Jr.
Today, October 17, is the 100 year anniversary of the death of Washington University alum Captain Charles Henry Duncker Jr.,...