Published in 2013
224 pages
Vida “Sister” Goldman Prince has been researching, conducting and recording oral history interviews for the past 30 years. As chairwoman of the Oral History Project at the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center in St. Louis, she interviews survivors, liberators, witnesses, and rescuers, including people of other faiths.
What is this book about?
Segregation was a way of life in St. Louis, aptly called, “the most southern city in the North.” These thirteen oral histories describe the daily struggle that pervasive racism demanded but also share the tradition of self-respect that the African American community of St. Louis sought to build on its own terms.
