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| Title | Around Kansas City: Birthplace of Two Black Churches Will Be Marked |
| Abstract | Notice about the placing of a marker for two of the oldest churches in Kansas City, Kansas, both predominantly of black congregations. |
| Notes | A marker will be placed near Fifth Street and Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, to honor the site where the two oldest continuously operating black churches west of the Mississippi River began services 129 years ago. ..The First A.M.E. Church is now at Eighth Street and Nebraska Avenue; the First Baptist Church, headed by Reverend E. A. Freeman, is at Fifth Street and Nebraska Avenue. |
| Date | February/19/1988 |
| Source | Kansas City Times |
| Location | Microfilm |
| Page | B2: 1 |
| Local Subject | Kansas City, Kansas
African Americans
Churches
Baptist Churches
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Newspaper Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 104320 |
| CONTENTdm number | 24040 |
