Announcing the Fourth Annual ISTS Small Town Symposium
April 26-28, 2007. St. Louis, Missouri
Featuring Presentations by
Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua and Eugene B. Redmond
Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua, Director,
African American Studies & Research Program
University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign
author, America's First Black Town:
Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915
Eugene B. Redmond, Professor of English,
Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
American Book Award Winner
Pushcart Prize Winner
Poet Lauerate of East St. Louis
Thursday, April 26
Opening Reception
Grand Hall, Union Station, St. Louis (architect: Theodore C. Link, built: 1894)
Friday, April 27
Site Visit: Brooklyn, Illinois
Brooklyn Police Officer Harold Johnson on patrol ---
children pedal past a row of Strip Clubs in Brooklyn
Saturday, April 28
Site Visit: New Town at St. Charles, Missouri
New Town at St. Charles, Missouri (Duany Plater-Zyberk town planners, Tim Bussie town architect)
ISTS Business Meeting: Washington University in St. Louis
Brookings Hall, Washington University St. Louis, featured in the Louisiana Purchase World's Fair, 1904
for more information, contact:
Robert Dorgan, Director
The Institute for Small Town Studies
P.O. Box 13, Fairfield, Iowa 52556
telephone: 678 488 5062
dorgan@ISTS.org
click here to learn more about other ISTS events
Third Annual ISTS Small Town Symposium held in College Park, Maryland
Second Annual ISTS Small Town Symposium held in Boulder City, Nevada
First Annual ISTS Small Town Symposium held in Fairfield, Iowa
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