Resources To Keep The Conversation Going

Articles and News Stories

• 2026 St. Louis American
• 2025 The New York Times
• 2021 St. Louis American
• 2021 Missouri History Museum
• 2021 St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• 2019 St. Louis Magazine
• 2018 St. Louis Public Radio

Books

• “The Last Children of Mill Creek” by Vivian Gibson
• “Mother Wit – Exalting Motherhood while Honoring a Great Mother” by Malaika B. Horne, PhD
• “Mill Creek Valley: A Soul of St. Louis” by Ron Fagerstrom – inquire with Missouri History Museum

Websites

• Decoding the City
• Visualizing Urban History: The Mill Creek Valley in St. Louis
• St. Louis CITY SC: Pillars of the Valley, A Tribute To Mill Creek Valley

Discussions

• 2.25.22 (recorded panel): Stories of Market Street, a virtual panel discussion hosted by Metro Theater Company with historians Lois Conley and Gwen Moore, author Vivian Gibson, GRG community program manager Elizabeth Simons, and Metro Theater Company’s Jacqueline Thompson
• 2.23.22 (recorded): Virtual Book Discussion about Mother Wit – Exalting Motherhood while Honoring a Great Mother with author Malaika Horne, PhD, and historian Gwen Moore and journalist Jade Harrell
• 11.17.21 (recorded panel): The Last Children of Mill Creek with author Vivian Gibson, Lois Conley, Sarah M Miller and Jade Harrell
• 10.15.21 (recorded panel): Honoring Mill Creek Valley: Brickline Greenway Partners Susan Trautman, Damon Davis, Khalia Collier, Dr. Terence Finley, Vivian Gibson and Mayor Tishaura O. Jones

Tours

• Mill Creek Valley

Museums / Exhibits

• The Griot Museum of Black History
• Missouri History Museum – Mill Creek: Black Metropolis

Videos

• Watch the video below for the full remarks made at the Pillars of the Valley dedication event in February 2023.