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Title
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A New Home for Black Archives
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Description
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The newly renovated Parks and Recreation building, the former Parade Park Maintenance Building at 1722 E. 17th Terrace in the 18th and Vine district, has been completed for the home of the Black Archives of Mid-America. The renovation was made possible with a grant in 2008 by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of a $1 million to the Kansas City Public Library "to support completion of the build-out and renovation of the archives' new home." Horace Peterson began the Black Archives in the 1970s. Recently a new director has been appointed, Doretha Williams, "a Topeka native and holder of a doctorate in American Studies from the University of Kansas."
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Date
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2011-01-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
