Eunice Hunton Carter, 1899-1970, might have seemed an unlikely hero to bring down the “chairman of the board” of the Mafia’s Five Families of New York, but everyone knew she […]
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Kansas City General Hospital #2 Was #1 for the Area’s Black Residents
Dr. Herman Watson, a private practice surgeon in Kansas City, began his medical career 50 years ago when he accepted an internship at General Hospital and Medical Center in KCMO. […]
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Black Legal Trailblazers: Early Black Lawyers Were Civil Right Forefathers
Long before the Civil Rights Movement, Black lawyers dared to ask questions about the rights of Black Americans. Their history precedes the Civil War, with free Black attorneys in the […]
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Other Automobile Industry Standouts
C R Patterson: First and Only Black Automobile Manufacturer Born into slavery on a West Virginia plantation in April 1833, C.R. Patterson escaped to Ohio in 1862 and found work […]
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Subcontracting Opportunities New Wichita Water Plant
Contractor Hosting Virtual Event for Companies Interested in Working on the Northwest Water Facility WHO: Wichita Water Partners, the design-build team led by Alberici and Burns & McDonnell; and companies […]
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Kansas Citian Roberts: The First African American to Own an Auto Dealership
For decades, Ed Davis of Davis Motor Sales in Detroit was thought to be the first Black person to own an automobile dealership. Davis, received a Studebaker franchise in 1940. […]
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S.S. Katherine Johnson: Space station launch honors Black NASA mathematician featured in ‘Hidden Figures’
A space station supply ship named after the Black NASA mathematician featured in the movie “Hidden Figures” rocketed into orbit Saturday, the 59th anniversary of John Glenn’s historic launch. Northrop […]
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BHFOD 21: Bishop Charles Harrison Mason
Bishop Charles Harrison Mason Expelled Baptist Went on to Found Church of God in Christ When Charles Harrison Mason (1864-1961) was 14 years old contracted tuberculosis, his mother and siblings […]
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BHFOD 20: Henry “Box” Brown: Mailed Himself Out of Slavery
Henry “Box” Brown was born into slavery in Virginia in 1815, but after his wife and children were separated from him, he began planning to escape. Brown decided he wanted […]
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KC’s Alumnae Deltas: Still Serving Through the Pandemic
Not standing by silently during injustices, many members of Kansas City, MO, Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority marched alongside Black Lives Matter protesters last summer. Undergraduate members of […]