Meet the new director shaping Black history at the Missouri Historical Society
HomeSt. Louis on the Air › Episode

Meet the new director shaping Black history at the Missouri Historical Society

19:10 Feb 20, 2026
About this episode
Inside the Missouri History Museum’s “Mill Creek: Black Metropolis” exhibit, a once-thriving Black neighborhood erased by urban renewal comes back into focus. That’s where STLPR race, culture and identity reporter Andrea Henderson talked with Lyah LeFlore-Ituen, the new director of the Missouri Historical Society’s African American History Initiative. They discussed why Mill Creek’s story — and Black history more broadly — is foundational to St. Louis.
Select an episode
0:00 0:00