Title

Carnahan Courthouse/Former Cochran Gardens - FRANKIE MUSE FREEMAN

Description

Frankie Muse Freeman was a St. Louis Civil Rights activist and lawyer who throughout her sixty year career fought to end segregation and pushed for equal rights throughout St. Louis and the United States. Her most prominent case was Davis et. al. v. St. Louis Housing Authority in which qualified Black applicants were being repeatedly denied access to the only public housing units left in white designated residences. The case was heard in the Carnahan Courthouse in 1954, and the win ended the racial segregation of public housing in St. Louis and is considered a landmark case in the Civil Rights movement. Later in her life, she was appointed the first woman in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and served for 16 years.

Creator

Delaney Schurer

Semester

Intro to Public History

Subject

Historic Marker Nominations

Frankie Muse Freeman

St. Louis History

Civil Rights Activist

Activism

Davis et. al. v. St. Louis Housing Authority

Public Housing

African American Rights

Civil Rights

Racism

Neighborhood History

Language

English

Publisher

UMSL Digital Humanities Lab

Date

2020

Identifier

Coordinates: 38.626927, -90.198152 (Carnahan Courthouse) and 38.636304, -90.189772 (Former Cochran Gardens)