Preserving local history through community organizing
StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The Divided City
Episode featuring Angela da Silva (June 2023)
Produced by St. Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective
New electric train chugs out of the station at St. Louis Zoo (named for Underground Railroad conductor Mary Meachum) — report featuring Angela da Silva, by Alex Gaul, KMOV 4 News (March 28, 2023)
All aboard! Saint Louis Zoo debuts new electric train (named for Underground Railroad conductor Mary Meachum) — report featuring Angela da Silva, by Joey Schneider, Fox 2 News (March 29, 2023)
Saint Louis Zoo Adds Electric Train – photo featuring Angela da Silva, by Bill Greenblatt, UPI (March 28, 2023)
Learn the work Mary Meachum did to help slaves cross from Missouri into Illinois for their freedom – interview with Angela da Silva, by Stephanie Knight, Fox 2 News, Studio STL (February 28, 2023)
Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing – interview with Angela da Silva, Living St. Louis, Nine PBS (February 2023):
Mary Meachum event takes closer look at not-so-fair aspects of 1904 World’s Fair – interview with Angela da Silva by Evie Hemphill, St. Louis Public Radio (May 3, 2018)
Great Rivers Greenway: Mary Meachum Celebration – KTRS 550AM radio interview with Angela da Silva
The dollar value in Black tourism – article featuring Angela da Silva by Bill Beene, St. Louis American (April 13, 2016)
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Re-enactors celebrate the end of slavery at Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing in north St. Louis – interview with Angela da Silva, St. Louis Public Radio (May 9, 2015)
North City historic site gets national push – article featuring Angela da Silva by Nora Ibrahim, St Louis American (May 29, 2014)
Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing – interview with Angela da Silva by The Skychi Travel Guide (December 2012)
Depictions of slave auctions have long stirred controversy – article by John Keilman, Chicago Tribune, February 29, 2016
Sesquicentennial News: Slave auction reenacted in Missouri – article by Rea Andrew Redd, Civil War Librarian (January 20, 2011)
Do Civil War reenactments help or hinder? – article by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic (January 18, 2011)
Old Courthouse “slave auction” serves as wrenching reminder – article by Leah Thorsen, St. Louis Post Dispatch, January 16, 2011
Slave auction reenactment – video by Leah Thorsen
Angela da Silva: Making History Personal – video by Clay Stalter, published by Missouri’s Civil War (2011)
On the Block, 2011 slave sale reenactment, St. Louis – video by Darnell Singleton (superbrotha) featured on Black History blog on LiveJournal
Civil War-era slave auction re-enacted at St. Louis Courthouse – photographs by Getty Images
St. Louis to host first slave auction in 150 years – article by Chad Garrison, Riverfront Times, January 6, 2011
Missouri Historical Society – performance by Angela da Silva, Making Missouri Bicentennial (2021)
St. Charles County Parks and Recreation Dept. – “The True, Incredible Story of Clara Brown” performance by Angela da Silva (June 2020)
St Charles County – “Lila, Life of a Missouri Slave” performance by Angela da Silva (March 2017)