MH's Caitlin Yager and author Vivian Gibson discuss her book, The Last Children of Mill Creek. In her book, Gibson recounts her childhood growing up in the once-bustling African American community of Mill Creek in the City of St. Louis. The community was razed in 1959 for urban development.
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