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People Who Made a Difference
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Description
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Photos and biographical descriptions of "20 people who we believe had the greatest lasting impact on Kansas City and helped to define our city today": (1) Berenice Chouteau, (2) Father Bernard Donnelly, (3) Sarah Chandler Coates, or Sarah Coates, (4) George Kessler, (5-6) Ella and Jacob Loose, (7) William Rockhill Nelson, (8) William Volker, (9) Tom Pendergast, (10) J. C. Nichols, (11) Harry Truman, (12) Chester Arthur Franklin, or Chester Franklin, (13) Bennie Moten, (14) Lucile Bluford, (15) Joyce Hall, (16) Ilus Davis, (17) Bruce Waltkins, (18) Ewing Kauffman, (19) Dr. Patricia McIlrath, and (20) Buck O'Neil.
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Date
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2000-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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History of Freedom, Inc., and Its Early Leaders
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Description
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This Master of Arts thesis presents information on the local political organization called Freedom, Inc. as well as a biographies of two of its early leaders, Bruce Watkins and Leon Jordan. According to the author's abstract, Freedom Inc., a non-profit organization was "created to politically inform the African-American community, develop African-American candidates for political office, and mobilize the vote in Kansas City, Missouri." Included also is discussion on the civil rights struggle in Kansas City in the 1950s and 1960s as well as information on "The Kansas City Call" newspaper and Lucile Bluford. Includes an eight-page bibliography on the topic.
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Date
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2006-04
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
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Federal Justice in Western Missouri: The Judges, the Cases, the Times
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Biographical description of Judge John Caskie Collet, a judge of Missouri's Western District during the end of the Pendergast machine. Includes a description of his life and career. He was born in 1898 in Chariton County, Missouri, become a lawyer in 1921, Missouri Supreme Court judge in 1935, and United States district judge in 1937. He was involved with the trials of Tom Pendergast and Lucile Bluford, the latter's case resulting in the establishment of "a small school of journalism at Lincoln University" for African American Missourians.
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Date
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1994
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Object Type
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Book
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Capstone Awards
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The sixth-annual Capstone Awards is a supplement to the Kansas City Business Journal, which "honors outstanding real estate development projects and transactions throughout the community." Some of the projects include the renovation of the Lucile H. Bluford Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, Arrowhead Stadium, UMKC Studen Union, Millor Nichols Library, and the kcICON Project.
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Date
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2011-04-29
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Black History Quiz
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Ten questions and answers on topics pertaining to Black history in Kansas City. Individuals, places, and organizations included in questions: Roy Wilkins; Negro National League (baseball); Lucile Bluford; Quindaro, Kansas; Charlie Parker; Community Committee for Social Action; John E. Perry; Sumner High School; George Dudley.
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Date
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2002-02
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Black Vanguard Less Visible Now
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Description
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File containing portraits and a biographical article about the decline in leadership in the local black community with depictions and descriptions of the following former black leaders here: Chester Franklin, Leon Jordan, Daniel Holmes, Lucile Bluford, Bruce Watkins, Doretta Henderson, Girard Bryant, Reverend John Williams, Mamie Hughes, Julia Hill, and Bernard Powell.
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Date
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1975-04-06
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Miss Elsie M. Mountain to Head Council
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Description
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File containing an article about Miss Elsie Mountain, "executive secretary of the Paseo branch Y.W.C.A." being elected "president of the Kansas City council of the National Negro congress." Other officers of the organization included Lucile Bluford, treasurer.
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Date
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1939-01-27
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Don't Forget Local Black Achievement
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Description
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News article about local black achievement in the context of Black History Month. Several prominent African Americans are mentioned, such as Chester Franklin, Roy Wilkins (an NAACP leader), Lucile Bluford, Edward Wilson ("the city's first black fire chief"), Lee Vertis Swinton, or Lee Swinton ("Missouri's first black senator from Kansas City"), Bruce Watkins, Bernard Powell ("slain community activist"), and Alan Wheat.
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1985-02-06
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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The Case of Lloyd Lionel Gaines: The Demise of the Separate but Equal Doctrine
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Article about the United States Supreme Court case of Lloyd Lionel Gaines, or Lloyd Gaines, an African American from Saint Louis, Missouri who was denied admission to the University of Missouri because of his race in the 1930s. The Gaines case was continued in effect in the late 1930s by Lucile Bluford, a fellow African American and journalist with the Kansas City Call newspaper.
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Date
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1971-10-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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SC226 John W. Bluford III Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains biographical material, correspondence, articles, reports, presentations, photographs, DVDs, and publications highlighting the career of healthcare administrator John W. Bluford III. Bluford served in multiple administrative roles in Minneapolis, Minnesota, before becoming the Executive Director and CEO of Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1998. He retired from that position in 2014 but has since continued his work in the field as the founder and president of the Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute.
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Date
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1975/2017
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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