A new guide published by the St. Louis Public Library lists 46 sites that illustrate the role of African-Americans in the history of St. Louis. Among them are the Scott Joplin House, where the ragtime composer lived in 1900; the Old Courthouse, where Dred Scott's first two trials were held, beginning in 1847; Sumner High School, the first school west of the Mississippi for blacks, established in 1875 (among graduates are Grace Bumbry, Arthur Ashe and Tina Turner), and Clamorgan Alley in Laclede's Landing on the Mississippi. That street, named for Jacques Clamorgan, a West Indian who followed the fur trade to St. Louis in 1780 and whose descendants settled much of the area, is part of Laclede's Landing, an area of shops and restaurants.

The free booklet is available from the St. Louis Public Library, 1301 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. 63103, (314) 241-2288. A 14-page listing of sites and events of interest to African-Americans is available from the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Bureau, 10 South Broadway, St. Louis, Mo. 63102, (800) 888-3861.