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New Johnson County Sculpture Memorializes ‘Trail of Death’

Heritage Park Installation, and another in Antioch Park, Herald Public Art Renaissance in Region

by Debra Skodack

Racial Justice

KC Area Museums Reviewing Extensive Indigenous Holdings

Curators Evaluating Compliance with Federal Law Requiring Tribal OK to House Artifacts

by Martin Rosenberg

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Abandoned Swope Park Lodge Eyed for Native American Center

Building is Vestige of Park’s Segregated Past

by Mary Sanchez

Racial Justice

Kansas City Bears Racial Scars of Interstate System

Bruce R. Watkins Drive One Example of Uprooting Minority Communities

by Mary Sanchez

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Cultivating History Pt. 3: Business Success Breeds Resentment

Ku Klux Klan Threats, Suspicious Fires Dog Junius Groves while Depression Ruins “recession-proof” empire after his death

by Brian Burnes

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Cultivating History Pt. 2: ‘Potato King’ Thrives Amid Racism

School segregation and lynchings were part of Kansas life as Junius Groves rose to prominence

by Brian Burnes

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Cultivating History Pt. 1: ‘Potato King’ Earning New Renown

Former Slave, Junius G. Groves, prospered as Wyandotte County farmer after walking to Kansas from Kentucky

by Brian Burnes

Economic Opportunity

Minority Chambers of Commerce Join Forces on Ward Parkway

'A One-stop Shop for Minority Business'

by Mary Sanchez

Racial Justice

Border Issue Looms Over Cambio Center Conference in KC

President Biden Signs Executive Order Capping Asylum Claims

by Mary Sanchez

Racial Justice

For Negro Leagues Museum President, Stat Recognition is Bigger Than Baseball

'America at Her Best'

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