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African American History
Art and Empowerment Mural Virtual Tour
Campbell House Museum: Video on enslaved and emancipated Eliza Rone
Enslavement and Its Wake: A Walking Tour of Washington University
Explore St. Louis: Black History and Culture in St. Louis
Missouri Historical Society: Annie Malone: A Legacy of Generosity
Missouri Historical Society: John Berry Meachum and the Steamboat School That Defied the Law
Missouri Historical Society: STL History Minute | Downtown Sit-Ins
Missouri Historical Society: The Brave Women behind St. Louis Freedom Suits
Missouri Historical Society: STL History Minute | Mill Creek Valley
NPR: “Racial covenants, a relic of the past, are still on the books across the country”
PBS: The History of Enslaved People at Saint Louis University
Raymond Dennis: Connecting St. Louis Black Fashion to the Met Gala
Reparative Justice Coalition of St. Louis
St. Louis County Library: Little Rock Nine
St. Louis County Library: Presentation on New Philadelphia National Historic Site
St. Louis County Library: Presentation on Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument
St. Louis Public Library: Julia Davis African American Collection
St. Louis Public Radio: Florissant’s History Of Slavery Gets A Close Look In ‘In The Walnut Grove’
St. Louis Public Radio: ‘Lynch’s Slave Pens’ In Shadow Of Busch Stadium Will Get Historical Marker
STL Today: A push to mark the buried history of ‘harrowing’ slave prisons near Busch Stadium
STL Today: New plaque will mark notorious St. Louis slave prison site near Busch Stadium
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site: Series: The History of Slavery in St. Louis
Truth and Reckonings: The Art of Transformative Racial Justice
UMSL: Mill Creek Valley Project
Washington University & Slavery Project
’40 acres and a mule’—without the mule: A Missouri family’s land stuck in limbo in 2026
Asian American History
Washington University: Asia in St. Louis
Chinese American Collecting Initiative
Notable Chinese Alumni of Missouri Institutions, Pt. 1
Notable Chinese Alumni of Missouri Institutions, Pt. 2
Notable Chinese Alumni of Missouri Institutions, Pt. 3
Hop Alley and Beyond: Untold Stories
Native American History
Missouri Historical Society: Making Missouri: More than 200 (Missouri’s Indigenous History)
Missouri Historical Society: National Native American Heritage Month and the Work of Repatriation
Ancient Indigenous Mound in St. Louis Transferred to Osage Nation
Washington University in St. Louis: Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies
LGBTQIA+ History
Saint Louis LGBT History Project
State Historical Society of Missouri: Out of the Stacks: Utilizing SHSMO’s LGBTQIA+ Collections
General Hard History Education
Gateway Arch National Park: Americans’ Right to Vote Video Series
Gateway Arch National Park: Virtual Park Ranger Visits
International Coalition of Sites of Conscience: Addressing the Silences Toolkit
Missouri Historical Society: K-12 Programs
MOCHE: Books, Documentaries, & Articles in Hard History Education
MOCHE: Curriculum Resources for Hard History Education
MOCHE: Organizations and Partners in Hard History Education
National Association for Interpretation: Confluences, Not Binaries
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site: Challenging History Education Series
Ulysses S. Grant’s Life and Legacy: Teaching with Museum Collections Lesson Plan
Miscellaneous
Missouri Historical Society: Making Missouri
Missouri Historical Society: Recorded Lectures and Lessons
National Park Service: Lesson Plans by Theme
National Park Service: Teaching with Historic Places
State Historical Society of Missouri: Research Guides
Washington University in St. Louis: Collaborative Projects
If you know of a relevant challenging history resource that’s not on this list, you are welcome to contact us.
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