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The Delmar Divide refers to Delmar Boulevard as a socioeconomic and racial dividing line in St. Louis, Missouri. The term was popularized outside Greater St. Louis by a four-minute documentary from the BBC. [1] Delmar Blvd. is an east–west street with its western terminus in the municipality of Olivette, Missouri extending into the City of St ...
Delmar is often considered to represent a major socioeconomic divide in the city, having come to demarcate the poorer, largely African American neighborhoods located to the north from the more affluent (and largely white) ones to the south; this phenomenon is called the "Delmar Divide".
The area gets its name from a streetcar turnaround, or "loop", formerly located in the area. [2]Delmar Boulevard was originally known as Morgan Street. According to Norbury L. Wayman in his circa 1980 series History of St. Louis Neighborhoods, [3] the name Delmar was coined when two early landowners living on opposite sides of the road, one from Delaware and one from Maryland, combined the ...
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The Divide is a 2015 documentary film directed by British filmmaker Katharine Round. [1] It was produced by Katharine Round and Christopher Hird. [2] It is an adaptation of the acclaimed 2009 socio-economic book The Spirit Level by Richard G. Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. The book argues that there are "pernicious effects that inequality has on ...
“Charlie’s Angels” actors and longtime friends Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu reunited with Demi Moore in a video interview with Vanity Fair to champion Moore’s Oscar-nominated ...
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On December 20, 2019, Frontline announced that it will release the two-part television documentary titled America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump on January 13 and 14, 2020, which will comprehensively examine "the growth of a toxic political environment that has paralyzed Washington and dramatically deepened the gulf between Americans", and provide context for the election year of 2020. [3]