Artist's re-working of a 19th-century encyclopedia that featured portraits and biographies of all white, chiefly male historical figures associated with the city of St. Louis.

Alphabetically-arranged entries from O to T that explores significant events, major persons, organizations, and political and social movements in African-American history from 1896 to the twenty-first-century.

Excerpt from Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis, Vol. 4: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference Tansey, George Judd, lawyer, was born March 25, 1865, in Alton, Illinois, son of Robert T. And Maria (mangum) Tansey. The elder Tansey removed, with his family, to St. Louis in 1869, and the son was fitted for col lege in the Stoddard Grammar School and at the St. Louis High School, graduating from the last named institution in 1884. In the fall of the same year he entered Cornell Uni versity, of Ithaca, New York, and was gradu ated from that university with the degree of bachelor of letters in the class of 1888. Rev turning then to St. Louis, he took a course at the St. Louis Law School, and was admitted to the bar in June of 1889. During the fol lowing year he was assistant secretary of the St. Louis Transfer Company. In March of 1890 he became junior member of the firm of Laughlin, Kern 8: Tansey, his partners being Judge Henry D. Laughlin and R. H. Kern. Mr. Kern retired from the firm some time later. And Randolph H. Laughlin, Judge Laughlin's son. Being admitted to the part nership, the firm was Laughlin, Tansey 8: Laughlin until the Spring of 1899. When this association was dissolved. At the death of his father Mr. Tansey succeeded the elder Tansey as president of the St. Louis Transfer Company. Becoming also general manager of the afl'airs of that corporation. While practicing his profession successfully. Mr. Tansey has also taken an active part in poli' tics. Not as a candidate but as an orator. Writer and party leader. In the presidential contest of 1896 he was one of the active man agers of the National Democratic party movement. And took a prominent part in the conduct of the campaign in Missouri. He is a member of the Delta Epsilon fraternitv. Of the Mercantile, Cornell. And Office Men's Clubs. And of the Knights of St. Patrick. And is one of the wittiest and most versatile after dinner speakers in St. Louis. A fondness for the best literature is one of his marked charac teristics, and he is a contributor to literary journals and a polished and vigorous writer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.