The racist history behind a Creve Coeur park is becoming a four-week lesson

The racist history behind a Creve Coeur park is becoming a four-week lesson

  More than six decades ago, Temple Israel and a prominent Black physician were fighting separate battles with Creve Coeur at roughly the same time. Temple Israel wanted permission to build a synagogue at Ladue and Spoede roads. Dr. H. Phillip Venable wanted to build a home nearby. Temple Israel won. Venable did not. Now,... The post The racist history behind a Creve Coeur park is becoming a four-week lesson appeared first on St. Louis Jewish Li…