"Some people think that St. Louis is in the South. It's not, it's in the Midwest, but Missouri was a slave state. The legacies of slavery and de jure segregation affect every aspect of society here."
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Cori Bush The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America (2022)
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