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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: When Missouri Banned Schools For Black Students, John Berry Meachum Started A School On A Riverboat
Description: Today in 1847, the state of Missouri put a significant obstacle in front of a civil rights activist's efforts to educate Black students in St. Louis. But he found a way around it. Plus: starting tomorrow in Wisconsin, the Waupun IceFest gets underway.
How a floating school bypassed racist laws in pre-Civil War St. Louis  (FOX 2)Â
Waupun IceFestÂ
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