History of African Americans in Kansas

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There is an African-American community in Kansas, including in Kansas City, Kansas.^{[citation needed]}

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was decided in 1954.^{[citation needed]}

History[]

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Geography[]

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Nicodemus, Kansas was settled by African Americans, commemorated in the Nicodemus National Historic Site.^{[citation needed]}

Media[]

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The Call is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri and also is distributed to African-Americans in Kansas City, Kansas.^{[citation needed]}

Politics[]

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The Kansas African American Legislative Caucus is the political caucus of the Kansas Legislature.^{[citation needed]}

Education[]

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Sumner High School was a racially segregated high school in Kansas City, Kansas.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people[]

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See also[]

• Demographics of Kansas
• History of slavery in Kansas

References[]

Further reading[]

• Buckner, Reginald (1974). A History of Music Education in the Black Community of Kansas City, Kansas, 1905-1954.
• Kansas State Historical Society, Historic Sites Survey. Historic Preservation in Kansas. Black History Sites, A Beginning Point. Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society, 1977.

External links[]

• "African Americans in Kansas". . Kansas Historical Society.
  • African Americans in Kansas and the West - List of books and articles about the subject

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