Stories of 2020 | Think J.C. Nichols Was Racist? Meet Kroh Brothers
Stories of 2020 | Think J.C. Nichols Was Racist? Meet Kroh Brothers
Flatland Counts Down Some of Our Most Read Stories of 2020
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Published December 21st, 2020 at 7:30 AM
Above image credit: A deed restriction filed in 1945 for Leawood Estates prevented home sales to “any person of Negro blood or by any person who is more than one-fourth of the Semitic race." It also listed for exclusion "Armenians, Jews, Hebrews, Turks, Persians, Syrians, and Arabians.” (Chris Lester | Flatland)
Editor’s note: Flatland is counting down our top 10 stories of the year on weekdays between Dec. 21, 2020 and Jan. 1, 2021. The stories were selected based on input from both readers and Flatland editorial staff. First, we compiled a list of the 20 stories that generated the most readership during the year. Then, members of our editorial staff ranked their 10 favorites from among the stories on the readership list.
No. 10: Coming to Grips With COVID-19
Sheri Lee, the owner of Lee’s Kinder Academy, worries that her business won’t survive the COVID-19 pandemic. (Mike Sherry | Flatland)
No. 7: curiousKC | What’s the Earliest Known Photo of KC?
In this edition of curiousKC, reporter Jacob Douglas tracked down the oldest known photographs of Kansas City. (Collage by Vicky Diaz-Camacho | Missouri Valley Special Collections)
No. 5: Unearthing the Truth About Slave Burial Sites at KCI
Oralee McKinzy, daughter of Warren Watkins Jr., is working on a “digital wall” – an interactive educational exhibit – for Kansas City’s African American community to learn where they came from. (Contributed | Oralee McKinzy)
No. 2: Left-Wing Groups Take Up Arms in Name of Abolitionist John Brown
John Steuart Curry’s mural depicting John Brown’s abolitionist efforts in Kansas Territory before the Civil War can be seen at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. (Courtesy | Kansas Historical Society)
No. 1: Think J.C. Nichols Was Racist? Meet Kroh Brothers
A deed restriction filed in 1945 for Leawood Estates prevented home sales to “any person of Negro blood or by any person who is more than one-fourth of the Semitic race.” It also listed for exclusion “Armenians, Jews, Hebrews, Turks, Persians, Syrians, and Arabians.” (Chris Lester | Flatland)
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