Jeff Smith has been a public historian and professor for more than four decades. Now a specialist in cemeteries and the ways people interact with them, he is widely published and a popular speaker.
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Jeff Smith has been a public historian and professor for more than four decades. Now a specialist in cemeteries and the ways people interact with them, he is widely published and a popular speaker.
Moses Dickson and the African American Fight for Equality in Gilded Age Missouri
Moses Dickson (1824-1901) was among the most prominent African Americans in the Gilded Age, leading organizations and publications to gain equal political and social status in Missouri. This talk uses Dickson as a window to view race relations between Dickson’s arrival in St. Louis in 1845 and his death in 1901.
Buried History in Your Town!
This interactive program uses your own cemetery to explore the history right under your feet! Using worksheets and discussion, people explore their cemetery to find people, stories, and events that we’ll discuss, analyze, and interpret there.
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