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St. Louis Public Radio
Wednesday, Sept. 16 - Uncovering an important voter
9 minutes Posted Sep 16, 2026 at 10:41 am.
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There's a headstone in the central Illinois town of El Paso for the first Black man to cast a ballot in the state, but historians aren't sure if that's where David Strother is actually buried.