Stories tagged "Lincoln High School": 2
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Kansas City Missouri 18th & Vine Lincoln High School
"The Kansas City Call" was very significant in the fight for equal rights for African American citizens. It was a strong voice for change in society and within their community. Chester Franklin and Roy Wilkins fought hard for the black…
Sedalia Missouri Lincoln/C. C. Hubbard School
Before the Civil War, a Missouri law prohibited education for African Americans. After emancipation in 1863, the state’s constitution was revised that allowed at least twenty black children from the ages of six to twenty that lived within the…