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Lasting Scars of Redlining on Display at the Johnson County Museum

By | June 26, 2022 | 0
The doors to the Johnson County Museum exhibit: "Redlined: Cities, Suburbs, and Segregation."

An exhibit at the Johnson County Museum reveals in detail how white supremacist thinking behind discriminatory real estate and lending practices and government policies shaped modern Kansas City.

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Hitching a Ride Through History: The Evolution of Kansas City Public Transportation

By | June 22, 2022 | 0
KC Streetcar in the 1950s

Kansas City’s long and complex history of public transportation ends with a back-to-the-future plot twist — the return of the streetcar. We take a ride with the numbers.

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25 Ways to Celebrate Juneteenth in Kansas City, and to Keep Supporting Black Communities

By | June 17, 2022 | 0
Kansas City's Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District, where the JuneteenthHeritage Festival is set to take place.

Celebrate Juneteenth by attending events, shopping with Black-owned businesses, supporting Black-led organizations, and learning more about our community’s history.

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curiousKC | How Bethany Falls Limestone Helped Build Kansas City

By | June 13, 2022 | 0
An old newspaper clipping with the title "A piece of Kansas City's past is rediscovered" and a quote by Kansas City geologist Richard Gentile says, "Kansas City is literally built around this rock." Another clipping describes the benefits of using limestone for structures such as homes.

Take a quick trek through history to learn why Bethany Falls limestone is so important in Kansas City’s development.

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Memorial Honors Hundreds of Black People in Liberty’s Unmarked Graves

By | June 10, 2022 | 0
A series of posts, or bollards, marks the formerly segregated section of Fairview Cemetery in Liberty, where more than 750 individuals are believed to be buried, many of them in unmarked graves.

The Liberty African American Legacy Memorial honors 761 Black people who have been confirmed to be interred, mostly in unmarked graves, in the formerly segregated sections of two cemeteries in Liberty.

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