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The Mound City Teachers Association: Black Educators Organizing for Justice in Jim Crow St. Louis

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On January 15, 1921, 23 teachers at Sumner High School gathered on campus and resolved to form what would become one of St. Louis’s most impactful yet underrecognized Black professional organizations: the Mound City Teachers Association (MCTA). At a time when Jim Crow segregation marginalized every aspect of Black life in the city, including education, …
Marisa Tesoro