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Central United Methodist Church Defies Adversity, Adopts Diversity
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Central United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Kansas, has survived numerous floods, including the 1951 flood in which water filled the church up to the balcony. As it has lost membership, the Church has embraced diversity offering 34 social service programs, known as "Bridges of Hope" and developing a muticultural congregation.
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2009
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Magazine Article
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African American Education in Kansas City, Kansas (1859-1961), Part 3 of 7
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Third article in a seven-part series on the history of African American education in Kansas City, Kansas. This installment focuses on the period from 1889-1897. The article consists mostly of excerpts from "The History of the Kansas City, Kansas, Public School System, 1819-1961" by Nellie McGuinn (1967).
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2009
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Magazine Article
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Evidence Unearthed: Digging into Scott Joplin's St. Louis
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Scott Joplin moved to St. Louis in 1901 from Sedalia, Missouri. The house where he lived, recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1976, was donated to the Missouri Division of State Parks (under the umbrella of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources) in 1983. Restoration was completed, and the house opened to the public in 1991 as the Scott Joplin House State Historic Site. This is the only site in the Missouri Division of State Parks dedicated to African American heritage. The article tells of the African American exodus from the south; it identifies that "racial segregation and socioeconomics played a major role in Scott Joplin's and other African Americans'" access to indoor plumbing; and tells that "oftentimes, the only place a black pianist could get work was in the saloons and brothels." A community committee is attempting to expand the story told at the site "focusing on the Great Migration of African Americans and the Jim Crow laws and policies that Scott Joplin and his community faced in St. Louis."
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2009
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Magazine Article
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