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Linwood United Offers Opportunities to The 'Hood'
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Description
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Linwood United Church was formed in 1975 by a merger of Southeast Presbyterian, Linwood Presbyterian and Linwood United Methodist Churches. The building, at 3151 Olive Street, was built in 1919 and currently offers a variety of services to the neighborhood. The congration is bi-racial and its current pastor, the Rev. Edward Adutwum, is from Ghana.
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Newsletter Article
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Suburbia for Everyone?
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Description
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Discussion of racial discrimination in Johnson County, Kansas, and the Donald and Virginia Sewing family that was the first black family to move into Fairway, Kansas, in 1966. Sewing was a real estate agent who "adopted the strategy of scattering black families who wanted to purchase a home throughout the communities of northeast Johnson County, rather than taking the more common approach of clustering black families in one area." Includes picture of the Sewing family and of Ruth Shechter who moved to Fairway in 1958 and "immediately became a key figure in the struggle for civil rights and fair housing in Johnson County."
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Date
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2008
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Object Type
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Newsletter Article
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Being Shawnee in Territorial Kansas
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Description
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In-depth article about the Shawnee Reserve, Kansas-Nebraska act in 1854, missionaries, and white settlers encroaching on Indian lands.
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2004
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Object Type
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Newsletter Article
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Dream Center
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Description
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The DREAM Center at 5541 Forest, in the former University Heights Christian Church, is the only community center for two square miles in the heart of Kansas City. Headed by the Rev. Helen Nelson, it offers a variety of social services including programs of the YMCA, the 49/63 Neighborhood Association and government-related programs.
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Newsletter Article
