-Chapter 6: Child Savers and the St. Louis Newsboys
-Chapter 7: City on the Skids
-Chapter 8: Young Men and Criminal Gangs
-Chapter 9: A New Deal for Homeless Youth
-Chapter 10: Youth and the Changing City Streets
-Conclusion
-Epilogue
There were people on the side of these homeless and neglected boys. One of these people was Father Joseph Dunne, an orphan himself, who founded the Newsboys' Home and Protectorate. Chapter six deals heavily in the story of Father Dunne and the many boys he was able to influence and set on the right path. Despite the efforts of reformers who tried to clean up the city and help get these young boys off the street, places like Skid Row grew as many boys and many occupied this very rough part of the city that was full of vices. In the first half of the twentieth century the downtown area of St. Louis also began to deteriorate. This is all discussed in chapter seven. Chapter eight describes a time in St. Louis and U.S. history when gangsters and outlaws roamed the streets and back-alleys of the city. Prohibition lead to underground criminal activity that many of the young itinerant boys became ensnared in. In chapter nine Stepenoff discusses the Great Depression and Roosevelt's New Deal and how these events shaped St. Louis' neglected boys and young men. In the post-World War II era we began to see a change in the urban fabric of St. Louis and other major cities. The white families of the middle class began to move to the suburbs, while poorer African Americans moved into the city seeking cheaper housing and more work. These shift is discussed in chapter ten along with the fact that although the faces or skin color of these young boys may have changed, the say same problems existed and are still prevalent. Below, I've included several pictures.
Young boys associated with the Men's Bureau, an organization that sought to help men and boys.
Some young boys in St. Louis up to no good.
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