Not even teachers make it out of East St. Louis.
East St. Louis usually experiences cold winters and hot summers.
East St. Louis had a similar riot in 1917 that erupted after a strike.
East St. Louis has not collected trash in a year.
She first learned to long jump on her front porch back in East St. Louis.
She was described by her husband in the series as a "former belle of East St. Louis."
At some point he found himself heading into East St. Louis.
East St. Louis, with its Black community of 70,000 was no exception.
But East St. Louis has few places to turn for help.
Fuller was asked to design the structure from the city of East St. Louis.