To understand Kansas, you must understand Black Kansas. The history of Black Kansans is a story of courage, determination, faith, and achievement. It begins with freedom seekers, Black homesteaders, and Exodusters who came to Kansas after the Civil War looking for opportunity, land ownership, self-determination, and citizenship. Thousands of African Americans left the South and traveled west to build new lives. They established farms, schools, churches, businesses, and entire communities that...

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