Claim: "The average life expectancy for African Americans in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County varies by as much as 18 years compared to the white population, with nearly half of all African-American kids under the age of 18 living in poverty."
Fact-check: Cora Faith Walker mostly right on life expectancy disparity
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tessa Weinberg
Date published: 2017-12-25T00:00:00