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The battle dragged in the entire state of Missouri as schools outside the metropolitan area argued that they should not have to pay for Kansas City area schools. Further, Kansas City residents were angered over plans to bus students an hour or more each day over the city's vast area.
Jay H. Neff (1854–1915), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri and newspaperman [27] J. C. Nichols (1880–1950), real estate developer [ 28 ] Buck O'Neill (1911-2006), first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, first African American coach in Major League Baseball, played a major role in establishing the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum ...
Julian Battle (born July 11, 1981) is an American former professional football defensive back. He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round of the 2003 NFL draft. He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers. Battle was also a member of the Washington Redskins and Calgary Stampeders.
[7] It was a promotional leaflet advertising housing development in Kansas City, with text from its library entry reading: "Buy now in the Negro Country Club District, Kansas City, Kansas, beautiful homes and building lots, splendid transportation service, bus and street car. Ex-service men use your bonus money to protect your family with a home."
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Union Cemetery is the oldest surviving public cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri. [3] [4] [5] It was founded on November 9, 1857, as the private shareholder-owned corporation, Union Cemetery Assembly. As a commercial enterprise remote from city limits, its 49 acres (20 ha) became a well-funded and remarkably landscaped destination by 1873.
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The combined forces met Confederates under Thomas C. Hindman at the Battle of Prairie Grove. While tactically a draw, the battle was a strategic victory for the Union. [citation needed] Blunt was appointed major general of volunteers on March 16, 1863. [10] He was the only officer from Kansas to achieve that rank during the war. [11]