A Johnson County school propelled one of the Black community’s first fights for equal education in Kansas, and faculty and students at MidAmerica Nazarene University are now working to preserve that important history, thanks to a grant from Missouri Humanities . Emily Younker of the Kansas News Service has the story: https://lnkd.in/gHNFdYEB “This project will invite Kansans to learn more about local heritage and the important role Kansas played in the history of school desegregation,” said Julie Mulvihill, executive director of Humanities Kansas, in a statement. The Kansas News Service is a statewide collaborative journalism center, headquartered at KCUR and made possible with support from the Kansas Health Foundation.
