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Apr 20, 2020 · A true story of growing up in segregated St. Louis, The Last Children of Mill Creek is the debut memoir by a talented writer finding her authentic voice later in life. Vivian Gibson is a native St. Louisian who grew up in Mill Creek Valley, a neighborhood razed in 1959 to build a highway.
Jan 23, 2023 · Vivian Gibson, author of The Last Children of Mill Creek spoke with Ruth Ezell abou ...more. In January of 1963, city leaders were unhappy with the pace of development in the Mill Creek Valley,...
Vivian Gibson was raised on Bernard Street in Mill Creek Valley—454 acres in downtown St. Louis, which comprised the nation's largest urban-renewal project beginning in 1959. She started writing short stories about her childhood memories of the dying community after retiring at age 66.
Apr 20, 2020 · Vivian Gibson grew up in Mill Creek Valley, a segregated working-class neighborhood of St. Louis that was razed in 1959 to build a highway, an act of racism disguised under urban renewal as “progress.”
Oct 21, 2020 · A recent book by Vivian Gibson, The Last Children of Mill Creek, is a critical addition to our understanding and preservation of the people who once lived in the thriving community that was annihilated by city leaders beginning 70 years ago. It's been a long, interesting life for Gibson.
The Last Children of Mill Creek. Vivian Gibson's bestselling memoir of growing up in the 1950s in a segregated St. Louis neighborhood has been hailed by critics as "a spare,...
Apr 20, 2020 · Vivian Gibson’s bestselling memoir of growing up in the 1950s in a segregated St. Louis neighborhood has been hailed by critics as “a spare, elegant jewel of a work” and “a love letter to Gibson's childhood.”
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