Below are links to the biographies of people, either born or raised in East St. Louis,

who are coming to share with you the story of their life.

Reginald Hudlin Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Songwriter, Advertising copywriter Donald McHenry US Ambassador Maurice Hurst FBI Special Agent Jackie Joyner-Kersee Athlete, Olympic Metal Winner, Businesswoman William E. Mason, PhD Educator, Statesman Edna Petty Education: B.F.A., Studio Art ,  SIU- Edw. M.F.A. Textile Art,  SIU-Edw. M.A.  Art Therapy, SIU-Edw. Eugene Redmond Retired Professor SIU-E, Poet Laureate of East St. Louis, Writer Ted Savage Member of 1967 World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals team. Dr. Karla Scott Professor of African-American Studies at St. Louis University. Barbara Ann Teer Businesswoman, Founder of the National Black Theatre in New York - actress, dancer, and director Reginald Thomas Professor of Music at SIU-E, Professional Jazz Musician James Estel Williams, Sr. Educator Julian Cedale Mosley, MD Physician, St. Louis, MO James & Phineas Overton Educators, Entrepreneurs Gordon Dallon Bush   Mayor Emeritus – East St. Louis President Emeritus, National Conference of Black Mayors Lt. Col. Retired, US Army Corps Of Engineers Senior Auditor Retired, US Army Audit Agency   Brett Irvin- Muhammad, DDS Owns and operates a family dental practice in E. St. Louis, Illimois.

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