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Title
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The Negro in Kansas City
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Description
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1944 Survey of African-American community in Kansas City designed to "bring to light facts regarding problems which face the Negro in Kansas City, Missouri, and which are not commonly known by the public." Authors were the Broadside Study Group of League of Women Voters. Topics include education, health and welfare, housing and sanitation, cultural and recreation facilities, labor and employment, and public service. The survey ends with recommendations and a resources / bibliography section.
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Date
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1944-04
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Thomas Swope
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Description
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Biographical description of Thomas Swope, "a shy, wispy bachelor who built a fortune by his shrewd real estate investments." Description of his part in the city beautiful movement with the donation of the land southwest of Kansas City in the 1890s for Swope Park, a huge addition to the city's park and boulevard system.
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Date
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1905-05-17
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Thomas Swope
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Description
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Biography of Thomas Hunton Swope (1827-1909), "a real estate developer and philanthropist in Kansas City," nicknamed "colonel" for his position in early real estate wealth. Donator of Swope Park land in 1896 despite opposition to the park and boulevard system and murdered mysteriously in 1909.
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Date
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1905-06-21
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Object Type
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Book
