Free at last. One of former Governor Mike Parson’s final acts before leaving office was issuing 16 pardons, one of which was for Celia Newsom. Newsom was a Callaway County slave who was executed after defending herself against her owner. Her descendant, Pamela...
From ancestral discoveries to creating awareness to seeking post-conviction relief, one St. Louis woman is working to honor her family by raising awareness about the legacy of racism and slavery. Pamela Westbrooks-Hodge discovered that she is related to Celia, a...
For several years, a St. Louis woman has been working to raise awareness about racism and slavery of minority groups. Anthony Morabith chats with Pamela Westbrooks-Hodge who found out, just two years ago, that she’s related to a slave who died fighting against racism...
