Kevin s Chronicles of KC: Clay County African American Walking Tour
Kevin s Chronicles of KC: Clay County African American Walking Tour
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LIBERTY, MO â Going back to biblical times, a red door on a building symbolized protection.
Inside the old Garrison School in Liberty, Missouri, a certain group of children were protected from the ills of society. Dr. Cecelia Robinson is the protector of their story.
âA people who have no knowledge of their history is like a tree with no roots, Robinson said.
Planted across Clay County are the contributions made by African Americans.
As 41 Action News anchor Kevin Holmes quenched his thirst to learn more, he came across a monument that stands right outside the county courthouse. Itâs a water fountain.
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Although she is 70 years old, Theresa Byrd can still feel the sting of growing up Black in Liberty, Mo. forced in the era of legal segregation to walk away from the white elementary school just blocks from her home to the Garrison School for Black students nearly a mile away. In my route, Byrd recalled, I went up through town and frequently I was ridiculed, or relegated off the sidewalk, told to get in the street, called the N-word, was spat at.
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