Missouri’s Black Newspaper Publishers as Racial Uplift Influencers

Although the African American press has been characterized as an instrument of protest for civil rights and full citizenship rights for Black people in the United States, particularly after World War II, I claim that from the late 19th century through World I, this institution was an instrument of racial uplift. The presentation highlights how Missouri’s Black newspaper editors and publishers instructed the Black community in politics, economic empowerment, and community betterment.

The Lost Campus – Lincoln University Early Buildings and their Architects

Established in 1866, Lincoln Institute got its first campus building in 1871. The oldest building on the campus today is the power plant which was built in 1922. The presentation discusses the eight buildings no longer on the campus and the local architects and building supply companies responsible for their construction. The presentation examines an overlooked campus-town relationship that contradicts the late 20th-century campus-town dynamic.