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At the Elbows of My Elders: One Family’s Journey Toward Civil Rights

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 || Marcia McIntosh

As a new resident of St. Louis, it was a pleasure to read up on some of its history in Gail Milissa Grant’s “At the Elbows of My Elders.” This former professor, U.S. Foreign Service officer and Wash. U. alumna, describes her life as the daughter of the late, illustrious civil rights lawyer David W. Grant in segregated 1950s St. Louis.

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