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Title
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Kansas City--College Basketball Capital of America
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Description
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Article celebrates 75 years of Kansas City collegiate basketball (1936-2011) including memorable players, coaches, and tournaments. Kansas City has hosted more NCAA games (122) and more championship games (10) than any other city. Most of them were held at Municipal Auditorium.
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Date
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2011
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Magazine Article
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Black Colleges Find Acceptance with NAIA
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Description
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Article describing the importance of the NAIA Tournament and National Championship to historically black colleges during the Jim Crow era of the 1950s and 1960s. On March 17, 2007, the 1957-59 Tennessee A & I (now Tennessee State) NAIA Championship teams were celebrated at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, honoring the NAIA players and teams which were "denied their spot" in past NCAA Tournaments due to racial bias.
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Date
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2007-03-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
