Horace M. Peterson III Visitor Center at the Negro Leagues and Jazz Museum located in the 18th and Vine District, Kansas City, Missouri.

ID: 1148 ~ Source: https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/divtour/id/1904/rec/51 ~ Creator: Missouri Division of Tourism courtesy of Missouri State Archives ~ Date: 1998

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Horace M. Peterson III Visitor Center at the Negro Leagues and Jazz Museum located in the 18th and Vine District, Kansas City, Missouri. — https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/divtour/id/1904/rec/51

https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/divtour/id/1904/rec/51

This file appears in: Kansas City Missouri 18th and Vine District

Kansas City Missouri 18th and Vine District

By University of Central Missouri Department of History, Stuart Hoy, Glyne Gee

Before the Civil War in 1860, the population of Kansas City was 4,418, which included 190 enslaved residents. Once freed, blacks were forced into segregated areas in the city. Between 1860 and 1870 many former slaves came to the city looking for…