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For the city's 250th anniversary, birthday cakes decorated by artists were placed throughout the region at signficant landmarks. It is a testament to the importance of Jackie Joyner Kersee and her work that the Center was commemorated with one of…

The Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center is a community resource in East St. Louis. The picture is a mural of Martin Luther King, Jr. painted on one of the walls in the center. The mural contains the words "I Have A Dream" and depicts King in front of…

This image provides an inside picture of Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center's science room. This picture shows two small Black History posters that are displayed in the science room.

This image shows a Wheaties flyer hanging inside of the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center. Jackie Joyner Kersee is featured on the poster jumping over a track hurdle.

This image provides an inside view of the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center. This building was built in 2001.

This image provides an inside view of the Jackie Joyner Kersee Center dance room.

This image shows a soccer field that is behind the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center. This field provides space for community members not only to play soccer, but also to have space to be outside and enjoy space to run and play together.

This is a close-up shot of the community garden at the Center, which provides food for people to eat.

This picture shows the inside of one of the rooms at the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center. There is a mural on the wall quoting Psalm 149:3 that says, "Let them praise His name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp."

The Jackie Joyner Youth Center Garden helps the community by grow vegetables and other crops by donating produce to charities. The Jackie Joyner Youth Center Garden is two years old and was started by a family farm.