ST. LOUIS TRIVIA
St. Louis was considered an outpost for French trappers before the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 expanded America's borders from the Mississippi River through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast.
This metro area of 2,600,000 residents has 460,000 African Americans.
St. Louis attracts six million visitors each year.
St. Louis hosts the sixth largest collection Fortune 500 headquarters and is a major aviation center. Anheuser-Busch, Emerson Electric, May Department Stores, Monsanto, Ralston Purina, TWA and McDonnell Douglas anchor the local economy.
>Washington University and St. Louis University are widely acclaimed by scholars and students.
Residents of Greater St Louis, Missouri who have made a huge mark:
Nelly
Hip-Hip artist
Cedric The Entertainer
Comedian and actor
Bennie Smith
Legendary Blues singer
Maxine Waters
US Congressperson, one-time head of the Congressional Black Caucus
Grace Bumbry
Opera singer
Bobby McFerrin
Eclectic jazz vocalist
Miles Davis
Jazz composer and trumpeter
Dred Scott
Filed the famous court case to win freedom from slavery
Annie Turnbo Pope Malone
Manufacturer, beauty college owner & early Black millionaire
Robert Guillaume
TV and Broadway actor
Dick Gregory
Comedian and human rights activist
Julia Davis
Civil rights activist and librarian
Scott Joplin
1st great Ragtime composer
Maya Angelou
Great poet
Chuck Berry
One of original Rock & Roll artists
Clark Terry
Jazz musician
Ike & Tina Turner
Rock &Roll musicians
William Wells Brown
Playwright and author
Oliver Sain
Blues musician
Elijah P. Lovejoy
Abolitionist and publisher
James "Cool Papa" Bell
Negro Leagues Baseball star
Bob Gibson
One of the greatest Major League Baseball pitchers
Lou Brock
For years the all-time Major League base-stealer
Katherine Dunham
Famous choreographer
Leon and Michael Spinks
Pro boxing champions
Homer G. Phillips
Attorney, hospital activist and martyr
Johnnie "B. Goode" Johnson
Blues pianist
Joe Torry
Comedian
Guy Torry
Actor, comedian & radio DJ
Willie Mae Ford Smith
Pioneering Gospel composer and partner of the great Thomas A. Dorsey
Fontella Bass
Old School R&B artist
Edgar O'Neal of the O'Neal Twins
Gospel Music Hall-Of-Fame singer
BLACK CULTURAL TRAVEL MADE EASY