Anchored at the Missouri History Museum
Mill Creek Valley
Sixty-six years after the demolition, the neighborhood is still the most important story St. Louis hasn't finished telling.
Mill Creek Valley was the densest Black neighborhood in the Midwest until 1959, when the City of St. Louis demolished it as an act of federal urban renewal. The Mill Creek thread runs through the Museum's exhibition, the Library's photographic and oral history collections, the African American History Initiative's ongoing collecting work, and a year-round program of walking tours and historian-led talks.
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Programs & tours
Museum · Sun, May 31 · 10:00am – 12:00pm
Mill Creek Valley Walking Tour
A guided walk through the bulldozed neighborhood's surviving boundaries, with maps and photographs.
Society · Fri, Jun 12 · 7:00pm – 8:30pm
St. Louis Historians Speakers Series
A new lecture series featuring local historians on the long backstory of contemporary St. Louis.
Society · Fri, Jun 19 · 6:30pm – 8:00pm
African American History Programs: Juneteenth Roundtable
A community roundtable in conversation with the African American History Initiative.
Standing initiatives
We Are St. Louis
We Are St. Louis
An open community-history campaign. Anyone in the region can contribute photographs, letters, recordings, or objects.
Contribute your story →
AAHI
African American History Initiative
Building the largest documentary archive of Black St. Louis — through community partnership, oral history, and accession.
Partner with the Initiative →
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