On Oct. 3, 1969, black activists picketed the Veiled Prophet Ball, protesting that the organization was racist and elitist. A man dressed as the "Black Veiled Prophet" and his queen joined the protest ...
A front-page story in the Dec. 6, 1973, St. Louis Post-Dispatch noted a major change in the annual Veiled Prophet Ball tradition: Riding upon floats bought from Mardi Gras in New Orleans, members ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Actress Ellie Kemper has apologized for participating in a debutante ball hosted by a St. Louis organization that she now says had "an unquestionably racist, sexist and elitist past." ...
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