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Bookmark or Share- Dissecting the Troost Divide and racial segregation in Kansas CityIt was the Kansas City School Board that created what we know as the “Troost Wall” or “Troost Divide” in our city. For the purpose of this piece, I will focus on the lesser-discussed failure of the School Board to desegregate the schools- a failure that has left our city with lasting scars still yet to fully heal.
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- Yes, Kansas City’s Troost Avenue was named for a slaveholder. And that ...Troost Avenue has become known as Kansas City’s dividing line — and its roots run deep in the city’s history of racial segregation and slavery. A reader asked ”What’s your KCQ?,” a community reference project with The Star and the Kansas City Public Library, about its origins: “Wasn’t Troost Avenue named after a slaveholder who ...
- How Troost Became A Major Divide In Kansas CityTroost Avenue, once the eastern edge of Kansas City, Mo., and home to millionaires, is now widely seen as one of the city’s most prominent racial and economic dividing lines. But how did this...
- Who signs off on changing a street name like Troost Avenue? Here’s a ...Government & Politics. Who signs off on changing a street name like Troost Avenue? Here’s a look at what it takes. By Kynala Phillips. Updated June 08, 2023 8:22 AM. Star file photos. Troost...
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