Gateway to equality: Black women and the struggle for economic justice in St. Louis

Like most of the nation during the 1930s, St. Louis, Missouri, was caught in the stifling grip of the Great Depression.

To combat ingrained racism, crippling levels of poverty, and substandard living conditions, black women worked together to form a community-based culture of resistance.

Keona K. Ervin reinterprets the history of these social movements by chronicling their resistance and collective actions.