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Out of the Ville (Part 1)

We team up with our very cool friends at WYPR鈥檚 鈥淥ut of the Blocks鈥� and St. Louis' 4theVille organization to tell the Ville's story through the voices of people who call it home today.

Listen • 33:23

Sonny Liston, Frankie Freeman, Chuck Berry, Tina Turner, Dick Gregory:

That鈥檚 just a handful of America鈥檚 black luminaries who called 鈥淭he Ville鈥� home, a one square mile neighborhood in north St. Louis.

But decades of population loss and systemic disinvestment have left it a shell of its former self.

We team up with our very cool friends at WYPR鈥檚 and St. Louis' organization to tell the neighborhood鈥檚 story through the voices of people who call it home today.

1 of 3  — Anthony Jackson

2 of 3  — Dr. Mary Anne Tillman

3 of 3  — Alderman Sam Moore, Saint Louis 4th Ward Alderman

Music in this episode is by Out of the Blocks producer Wendel Patrick and local St. Louis producer Trifeckta.

• See more photos of the people featured in the episode and get a full transcript
• Find out more about the Ville
• Check out other great episodes by Out of the Blocks :
• Hear us talk more about the collaboration .

Out of the Ville (Part 2)

Last year we collaborated with the very cool producers at Baltimore鈥檚 鈥淥ut of the Blocks鈥� podcast and St. Louis' 4theVille. This is the second show from that podcast mashup.

Listen • 43:39

Last year we collaborated with the very cool producers at Baltimore鈥檚 podcast and St. Louis' and brought you voices from the Ville, a historic black neighborhood in north St. Louis.

This is the second show from that podcast mashup. And, as a bonus, we threw some extra stories at the end.

• See more photos of the people featured in the episode and get a full transcript
• Find out more about the Ville
• Check out other great episodes by Out of the Blocks :
• Hear us talk more about the collaboration .

Music in this episode is by Out of the Blocks producer Wendel Patrick and local St. Louis producer Trifeckta.