Efforts are underway to revitalize the historic Metro East village of Brooklyn, IL, one of the oldest incorporated Black towns in the U.S.; Ethical Bodies serves plus-sized customers; a look back at baseball in Sportsman’s Park; an interview with the father-son team from St. Louis on The Amazing Race; and, this week in history, a powerful tribal leader, Chief Pontiac, murdered in Cahokia in 1769, is believed to be buried in downtown St. Louis.
Monday, April 21, at 7 pm on Nine PBS and livestream.
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Brooklyn, Illinois
One of the oldest incorporated Black towns in the U.S. has fallen on hard times, but efforts are underway to revitalize the historic Metro East village.
Ethical Bodies
Entrepreneurs have opened a store serving plus-sized customers, offering a much wider variety of sizes and styles than found in most stores.
Baseball Memories
A look back at baseball when it was played in Sportsman’s Park, when fans were closer to the game and its players.
Lumberjacks
The father-son team from St. Louis on the Amazing Race…”the Lumberjacks”… talk about how they were chosen as one of this season’s teams.
This Week in History - Pontiac
Once one of the most powerful tribal leaders of his time, Chief Pontiac was murdered in Cahokia in 1769 and is believed to be buried in the heart of today’s downtown St. Louis.
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