| No Images? Click here  Today we cruised down Interstate 55 on our way from St. Louis to Little Rock, Arkansas!While in Missouri yesterday, we met Robert A. Powell, who runs a nonprofit organization dedicated to arts and culture. He previously sat on the board of the St. Louis Zoo Museum District, which governs the city zoo and other museums. Powell said investing in the arts would improve life in St. Louis, especially for African-American communities. He's seeking funding so he can create a new African-American museum inside the Zoo Museum District. St. Louis-area voters, he said, have an important choice to make.“It’s a simple majority,” he said. “A four-cent [tax] increase would generate $11 million each year for this institution.”Powell also said he doesn't think that African-American artists get enough attention generally.“Nobody writes about us,” he said. “Name five nationally known African-American visual artists, living or dead. Who might that be?"We talked to dozens of other people who call St. Louis home. Here's what some of them had to say.  We're already learning so much on the road. How much do you know about the places we're visiting? Challenge yourself! Take our quiz.  HuffPost interviewed two teens about being young and Muslim in the U.S. One lives in the St. Louis area. The other is in Minnesota, about 600 miles away. They told us about their different dreams and shared struggles. Why do you love your hometown? Show us through photos (3 photos maximum) or tell us in 200 words or less! Tag us using #ListenToAmericaSweepstakes, #ListenToUKSweepstakes, #ListenToCanadaSweepstakes on Tumblr, Twitter and Instagram, or email us at whyilove@huffpost.com. Social accounts must be public and submissions must include country of residence to be eligible. Three lucky winners from U.S., Canada and U.K. submissions (one per country) will be selected at random for a $1,800 prize toward a trip to New Orleans for the Listen To America closing event. Terms and conditions apply. And it couldn't have been sweeter. Find the best place to check out a book in every state. We’re listening to Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell and Dolly Parton as we ride into town, thanks to this playlist from Spotify.Come see us tomorrow! You can find our bus at the Clinton Presidential Library during the day, and we’ll be hosting a panel discussion on gang violence tomorrow night. Join us virtually on the bus! Ride along with our editor-in-chief, Lydia Polgreen, as she dispatches news from the road via Facebook Messenger.  Learn more about what it really means to be an American by signing up for our morning news brief.Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here. For more politics news, check out our HuffPost Politics email.©2017 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 |
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