1. St. Louis & Race Relations The Missouri Compromise Missouri & Lynchings Causes and Lynchings The story of Francis McIntosh East St. Louis Race Riot Elijah Lovejoy

2. The Missouri Compromise In order to maintain a balance in the U.S. Senate Maine is admitted in 1820 Missouri is admitted in 1821 Was nullified by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 and The Dred Scott v. Sanford dec. of 1857. Established the Mo Comp Line

3. The Missouri Compromise Missouri Compromise Line Was raised from Missouri’s southern border to the line separating Kansas and Oklahoma in 1850

4. Missouri and the Civil War Missouri was a slave state, yet fought for the Union-BORDER STATE Missouri voted for Douglas in the 1860 election, but STL voted heavily for Lincoln Missouri was torn between the Union sympathizers and Confederate supporters

5. Lynchings- PURPOSE Form of intimidation Punishment Vigilante justice Murder Communication Discrimination

6. Causes of Lynchings 1882-1968

7. The Story of Francis McIntosh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Francis_McIntosh Use this website to answer the questions regarding the lynching of Francis McIntosh. “Turn, then, to that horror-striking scene at St. Louis. A single victim was only sacrificed there. His story is very short; and is, perhaps, the most highly tragic, if anything of its length, that has ever been witnessed in real life. A mulatto man, by the name of McIntosh, was seized in the street, dragged to the suburbs of the city, chained to a tree, and actually burned to death; and all within a single hour from the time he had been a freeman, attending to his own business, and at peace with the world.” —Abraham Lincoln, Address at the Lyceum, January 27, 1838 In January 1838, future http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Francis_McIntosh

9. JUDGE LUKE LAWLESS

10. East St. Louis Race Riot 1917 “ This is a massacre that will go down in history as one of the bloodiest outrages against mankind for which any class of people could be held guilty." -Marcus Garvey (1918) NAACP protest march in NYC

11. East St. Louis Race Riot 1917 May-June 1917 The worst and most deadly labor motivated riot of the 20 th century 150 blacks were killed (some lynched) National Guard escorts a victim to safety

12. East St. Louis Race Riot 1917 Political Cartoon from 1917 Caption Reads: "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" Background shows the riot occurring

13. St. Louis & Race Relations Today St. Louis Congressional District I. Russ Carnahan (White) vs William Lacy Clay (African American) Kirkwood, MO I.Kevin Johnson/Officer McEntee II.Cookie Johnson-Kirkwood City Hall shooting