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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.

Gethsemane Church is a contemporary evangelical church located on the south side of the Metro Link tracks in Emerson Park. Located directly across from the much-older Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic church, Gethsemane Church represents the…

The church looks fairly old. In years past, East St. Louis had a high Catholic population.

The purpose of the Metro Link is to get you where you want to go in East St. Louis. The Metro Link at Emerson Park was built in 2001.

In this oral history interview, conducted by Serenity McKenney at the Clyde C. Jordan Senior Center on July 12, 2016, Maxine Isaac discusses how she and her friends were the first black children to attend an all-white school. Although she was very…

In this oral history interview, conducted by Damont Jenkins and Kendrick Barker at the Clyde C. Jordan Senior Center on July 12, 2016, Loretta talked about how she didn't go to school in East St. Louis she went to school in Missouri. Loretta said the…

In this podcast about the history of food in East St. Louis, Roniya Cole, Karl Lofton, and Haire Carlus discuss how soul food, traditional food, grocery stores, and restaurants have changed over time in the city.

Latest City Hall 3rd for East St Louis

Famous Boogie Woogie And Blues Solos

Old Parks In East St Louis