Music and Racial Segregation in Twentieth-Centry St. Louis

Patrick Burke, associate professor of music, Washington University, introduces the online research exhibit, which tells the story of five moments, 1923 to 1949, when St. Louis musical institutions either perpetuated practices of segregation or sought to resist them, demonstrating the ways in which music, often seen as a diversion from politics, was actually central to the city's racial and political struggles.