It is easier for some to run and run into tomorrow then abruptly find eternity. While others find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy should burn out the pain. Not so in St. Louis. A city labeled a Gateway to the West and a pit stop for gasoline and snacks on the way westwards is filled with agony for the young people ensnared by the hate of the immigrant families who control their lives. Segregation shaped the lives of Africans in American who found themselves locked in area North of a dividing line that kept them from sleeping with their ancestors. Their investment in knowledge paid them with interest. Education liberated them and set them free to imagine, to aspire and dream. It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. The Europeans who resided on the other side controlled jobs, jails, housing stock and who came from the old country. Read how race in America crippled and midwestern city. The only thing the two sides have in common is sin.