A Missouri History Museum “Thursdays at the Museum” event:

The Missouri History Museum exhibit #1 in Civil Rights: The African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis was a gathering place for more than 260,000 people in 2017 and 2018 to explore, recall personal memories and family legacies, and engage in meaningful conversations. To share St. Louis’s profound past in a visually compelling way, the Missouri Historical Society commissioned local artists to create portraits and murals for the exhibit that would help tell the story of the city’s complex history in the struggle for civil rights. On this special night these artists will talk about how they created their work. Join MHS’s Gwen Moore, Curator of Urban Landscape and Community Identity, as she moderates a presentation and panel discussion with artists Dail Chambers, Darnell Chambers, and Robert Ketchens. #1 in Civil Rights now lives online as a virtual exhibit, and components of the physical exhibit will travel to local institutions, including the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Griot Museum of Black History, the University of Missouri–St. Louis, and the Northwest Academy of Law and Social Justice.