[3] April 25, 1879: The Wyandotte Commercial Gazette reports that more than 1,000 destitute people have arrived in Wyandotte City, most of them freed slaves drawn by Kansas' reputation as a free state.
[3] April 25, 1879: The Wyandotte Commercial Gazette reports that more than 1,000 destitute people have arrived in Wyandotte City, most of them freed slaves drawn by Kansas' reputation as a free state.
[5] April 9, 1968: With tensions high after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., riots break out in Kansas City, leaving seven people dead and nearly 100 buildings damaged.
[7] March 27, 1836: George S. Park, who will go on to found Parkville, Missouri, and what has become Park University, purportedly survives a Mexican firing squad during the fight for Texan independence by pretending to be dead.
[9] March 2, 1930: After much political maneuvering over its location, the new—and remarkably high-quality, albeit segregated—General Hospital No. 2 opens to serve Kansas City's African American community.
[11] February 2, 1940: Despite the downfall of the Pendergast political machine, Senator Harry S. Truman decides to run for the Senate again in Missouri while at a meeting in the Hotel President in Kansas City.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/This+Week+in+Kansas+City+History/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/exodusters-mark-spot
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/4966#comment-form
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/and-then-it-happened
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/4820#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/death-takes-holiday-maybe
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/8984#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/separate-equal
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/8629#comment-form
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/his-own-man
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/3973#comment-form
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=10
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=7
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=8
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=9
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=12
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=13
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=14
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=15
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=16