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Remembering a Pioneering Voice in American Civil Rights

He fought the city that tried to keep him in his place. For 32 years in Congress, Bill Clay Sr. turned back-room deals and street protests into laws that reshaped St. Louis and echoed across America. Unions, corporations, redlining, segregated diners—he faced them all. Now he’s gone, and the people who owe him everything barely kn… Continues…