North Webster: A Photographic History of a Black Community

By Ann Morris and Henrietta Ambrose

"Morris and Ambrose tell an embattled but triumphant story of strong families, old-time religion, and an emphasis on education as the true path to freedom. Extraordinary photographs." --Booklist "Informal photographs taken from family albums and collections provide a warm, intimate look at several decades of middle-class African-American life." --Los Angeles Times Book Review ..". a fascinating history of the achievements and tribulations... of North Webster, a small African-American community in an upper middle-class suburb of St. Louis." --Journal of American History ..". a gloriously positive story which disproves past, present, and future notions that America's black population cannot effectively embrace love, family commitment, religious fervor, industriousness, career advancement, and academic achievement." --Julius K. Hunter, KMOV-TV Channel 4 News, St. Louis "This book should serve as an inspiration to people of all races." --Gateway Heritage More than 140 period photographs illustrate this history of a remarkable, successful black community near St. Louis. North Webster Grove is a black middle-class suburb which began at the end of the Civil War. Its residents have suffered the discrimination of a southern border state, and yet they accomplished great things.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253286018
• ISBN13: 9780253286017
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 10.1"