On July 12, 2022, the Board of Aldermen approved the Task Force's recommendation to commemorate the African American Community that once thrived in Clayton. Black Clayton residents were homeowners and renters, employed in various sectors as educators, laborers, domestics, and city workers. They established two of the first churches in Clayton, started businesses, and enriched the cultural life of Clayton in numerous ways. This community was displaced during the era of Urban Renewal to make way for a downtown business district. As people were displaced, the history of the black community in Clayton was largely erased. But thanks to the work of people like former Clayton High School teacher Donna Beard Rogers, John A. Wright, Sr., Gwen Moore and the Missouri Historical Society, and documentary filmmaker Emma Riley, we now have a detailed and rich history to tell.