Black History

The historic Attucks School at 1815 Woodland Ave.

Historic Attucks School to Become Major Art Center for 18th & Vine

The historic Attucks School at 1815 Woodland Ave. is being renovated as a major art center. It opened in 1905 to serve Black public school students.

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Thomas Jones, bottom right.

Honoring Minority Veterans, A Century Later

A task force at Park University is conducting a systematic review of World War I to find minority soldiers who might have been denied a Medal of Honor due to discrimination against their race or religion.

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curiousKC | Kicking Off Black History Month With Stories You Helped Us Find

curiousKC kicks off Black History Month with the local stories you helped us find.

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Super Bowl Countdown, Vaccine Chase and Black History Month

Top headlines in Kansas City this week include the Chiefs Super Bowl countdown, the pursuit of COVID-19 vaccine and the beginning of Black History Month.

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Archival photos are laid on a tan piece of paper, denoting how our journalist traced down the history of Parkville.

curiousKC | Parkville Reckons With Its Storied Past

In 1956, Pearl Spencer was one of the first Black students to enroll in Parkville’s newly integrated high school.  Spencer and her siblings still vividly remember their experiences growing up Black in Parkville – the good, the bad and the ugly.  A reader asked curiousKC to look into who lives in what was once the…

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