This book is as regal as it is revealing and compelling. Artisans, athletes, educators, entertainers, scientists, veterans of wars and the Race Riot of 1917 join political leaders and poets in this dream- and performance-storied portraiture of African American East St. Louis. Authors-compilers Reginald Petty (himself a storied vault) and Tiffany Lee place local heroes and sheroes in a quilt of regional, national and global import. These individual and familistic achievements are worth being read, taught, and shared around dinner tables-and with congregations. -Eugene B. Redmond, Poet Laureate of East St. Louis, Illinois and Emeritus Professor English, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

A collection of information from various directories, newspapers and other publications, on the history of East St. Louis, focusing on the African-American experience.

Comprised of facsimile reproductions of excerpts from: History of East St. Louis, by Robert A. Tyson (1875); Saint Louis : the future great city of the world, by Logan Reavis (1876); History of St. Clair County, Illinois (1881); Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, and, History of St. Clair County (1907); Standard atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois (1901); Directory of the city of East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois (1893); East St. Louis directory (1887); Ordinances of the city of East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois (1884).

A collection of information from various directories, newspapers and other publications, on the history of East St. Louis, focusing on the African-American experience.

A collection of information from various city directories, Lincoln High School yearbooks, newspapers and other publications, on the history of East St. Louis, focusing on the African-American experience.

Depicts the early history of East St. Louis, which was officially established in 1861.