Desegregation

“¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues / En los barrios y las grandes ligas” will be on display at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum from Aug. 21 through Nov. 14. (Collage by Vicky Diaz-Camacho | Images from Kansas Historical Society, Gene Chavez and Vicky Diaz-Camacho)

For Latinos in the Midwest, Playing Ball was More than Just a Game

A Smithsonian traveling exhibit now at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City showcases the contribution of Hispanic leagues.

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South Park Elementary School in Merriam, Kansas.

Meet Two Kansas Women Who Helped Integrate South Park Elementary School

Recalling a landmark Johnson County school integration case that came before Brown v. Board of Education.

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curiousKC | Were There Segregated House Advertisements in KC?

Were local real estate advertisements segregated? curiousKC investigates.

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Leawood Estates

Think J.C. Nichols Was Racist? Meet Kroh Brothers

Developer J.C. Nichols has been vilified for his use of racially restrictive housing covenants in subdivisions. But he was hardly alone.

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Security is heightened in minority neighborhoods. But why?

curiousKC | A (Mis)perception of Crime

Why are security measures heightened in some KC neighborhoods and not others? curiousKC looked into how public and private buildings are secured to find out why.

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