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The Black Archives of Mid-America, located in Kansas City, Missouri, is a center for learning and research into the African American experience in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma and the Midwest at large.
We house a large collection of manuscripts and artifacts including photographs, personal correspondence, oral histories, and rare books that are available for research and study. Learn more...
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This Month in Kansas City Black History
Thomas C. Unthank, the Kansas City physician who was instrumental in establishing the first public hospital in the country to be used exclusively for minorities, is born January 22, 1866 in Greensboro, North Carolina.