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Posts Tagged ‘Black History’

curiousKC | The Lost History of Greystone Heights

By | August 23, 2021 | 0
Graystone Heights might be forgotten by some, but here's what we learned about the community. (Collage by Cami Koons | Flatland)

Greystone Heights once existed where Interstate 35 now sits. So, what happened?

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Once-Segregated Cemetery Gets Memorial for Hundreds of People in Unmarked Graves

By | August 20, 2021 | 0
Shelton Ponder (left) and Harold Phillips, co-chairs of the Liberty African American Legacy Memorial project, stand in a formerly segregated portion of Fairview and New Hope Cemetery, where ground will be broken for the memorial on Saturday.

The Liberty African American Legacy Memorial seeks to memorialize 758 people interred – most of them in unmarked graves – in the once-segregated section of what is now Fairview and New Hope Cemetery in Liberty.

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curiousKC | Who was D.A. Holmes and Why Was a School Named After Him?

By | August 2, 2021 | 0
The Rev. D.A. Holmes (left) receiving an award.

A curiousKC reader reached out wanting to know more about the Rev. D.A. Holmes, and why a school was named after him. This is his story.

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Local Lynching Memorial Perseveres Despite Backlash

By | July 30, 2021 | 0
Bluff Street Bridge, 1894.

The Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City is collaborating with the Equal Justice Initiative to collect jars of soil from the site of every lynching in Missouri.

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KC’s Grandfather of Ballroom Works for Greater Acceptance of the Culture

By | June 30, 2021 | 0
In 2019, Kansas City hosted a ballroom event where performers were able to walk, vogue and pose in front of "Pose" star, Dominique Jackson. (Sandy Woodsen | Flatland)

Ballroom culture has been around for longer than many realize, but it’s only recently arrived in Kansas City.

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