The Ville, St. Louis
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The Ville is a historic neighborhood located in North St. Louis, Missouri
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This neighborhood is bounded by St. Louis Avenue on the North, Martin Luther King drive on the South, Sarah on the East and Taylor on the West.
Prior to the United States Civil Rights movement, the use of restrictive covenants and other legal restrictions prevented African-Americans from finding housing in many areas of the city. As a result, the African American population of St. Louis became heavily concentrated in and around the Ville. The neighborhood became home to a number of important cultural institutions for the black community, including Sumner High School
, the first high school for black students west of the Mississippi River, and Homer G. Phillips Hospital
, one of the few black teaching hospitals in the United States.
As of the 2000 Census, there are 2,695 people living in The Ville and 8,189 people in the surrounding Greater Ville
neighborhood.
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
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This neighborhood is bounded by St. Louis Avenue on the North, Martin Luther King drive on the South, Sarah on the East and Taylor on the West.
Prior to the United States Civil Rights movement, the use of restrictive covenants and other legal restrictions prevented African-Americans from finding housing in many areas of the city. As a result, the African American population of St. Louis became heavily concentrated in and around the Ville. The neighborhood became home to a number of important cultural institutions for the black community, including Sumner High School
Sumner High School (St. Louis)
Sumner High School, also known as Charles E. Sumner High School, is a St. Louis public high school that was the first high school for African-American students west of the Mississippi River. Together with Vashon High School, Sumner was one of the two segregated public high schools in St. Louis for...
, the first high school for black students west of the Mississippi River, and Homer G. Phillips Hospital
Homer G. Phillips Hospital
Homer G. Phillips Hospital was a hospital located at 2601 Garrison Street in The Ville neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. It was the city's only hospital for African-Americans from 1937 until 1955, when city hospitals were desegregated, and continued to serve the black community of St. Louis...
, one of the few black teaching hospitals in the United States.
As of the 2000 Census, there are 2,695 people living in The Ville and 8,189 people in the surrounding Greater Ville
Greater Ville, St. Louis
Greater Ville is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The area is bounded by Marcus Avenue on the northwest, Natural Bridge Road on the northeast, Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and St. Louis Avenue on the south via North Taylor Avenue and Sarah Street, and North Vandeventer Avenue on the...
neighborhood.
Education
- Cote Brilliante Elementary School
- Marshall School
- Turner Middle School
- Simmons Elementary School
- Sumner High School
- Williams Middle Community Education Center
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- Julia Davis, St Louis Educator
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