Article detailing the work of a restoration group working to convert the Benjamin Banneker School building in Parkville, Missouri, into a museum. Benjamin Banneker was a one-room, segregated school for African American children in Platte County. Parkville Mayor Kathy Dusenbery hopes to involve the national spotlight of the Oprah Winfrey Show to encourage fundraising efforts for the project.
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