As a young girl, Mrs. Phyllis [Lacy] Rowles learned to keep climbing, to keep reaching for better things. She is one of the last living alumni of the Harrison “Colored” School in Tipton, which until 1957 was the only place recently emancipated people in Moniteau County and their descendants could...

Steelville, Missouri is located along the Northern Route of the Trail of Tears where thousands of Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), and their enslaved people camped during the forced removal of Native people from the southeastern United States.

This episode introduces Archaeologist Erin Whitson, the ...

Follow Ms. Christine Peoples as she works out of a historic Black church in a formerly segregated public park in Springfield, Missouri, building community and ensuring untold stories of Black achievement and perseverance aren’t lost to time.

Memorial artist Kevin Hale from Farmington, Missouri, has spent over 20 years helping families heal through loss. Now, he's working on a national memorial for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress - aiming to save lives, not just honor them.