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Tomorrow is a big moment for Kansas City. We are opening an entirely new airport that firmly thrusts this city into the 21st century. By any measure, it seems tired that a brand new airport would keep the boring name of the old one. Especially, when we have an opportunity to name it for an oft-overlooked artisan who is responsible for putting Kansas City on the map.
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While Independence, Missouri was the origin point for the California, Mormon, Oregon, and Santa Fe Trails, they were not the only trails blazed here. Several trailblazers, both figurative and literal, forged their own path, right here in Kansas City. This final installment of “blaKC” explores some of these figures.
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Many would say that Kansas City’s professional sports run of the last decade is “unprecedented”. What Sporting KC, the Royals, and the Chiefs have accomplished has made this the golden era of Kansas City sports. But, it is not without precedent. This city was home to one of professional sports’ earliest dynasties. While the Chiefs, Royals, and even Athletics, called Municipal Stadium home, it was the house that the Monarchs built. The Kansas City Monarchs were this city’s first champions. Our first dynasty, they are the team that created our tradition of passionate sports fanaticism. These are their stories.
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In Pendergast’s Kansas City, America’s truest original art form flourished. Hundreds of nightclubs sprang up across this midwestern den of wanton decadence which created ample opportunity for aspiring musicians. In the neighborhoods of 18th & Vine, new sounds were discovered. New Orleans may have given birth to jazz, and New York may be where it eventually settled down, but it was in Kansas City that jazz came of age.
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For the past century, in Kansas City, The Border War has meant KU Jayhawks versus Mizzou Tigers. It has been an exercise in pageantry and athletic competition with bragging rights at stake. The actual Border Wars were just that, war. These skirmishes to keep slavery from expanding further west was so brutal that this period of time has become known as, “Bleeding Kansas”.
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Kansas City history IS black history. You cannot separate the two. Today, Kansas City is widely known and celebrated for the contributions of our vibrant black community. Our city’s passion for sports? Cradle of Jazz? The Gateway to the Southwest? World Capital of BBQ? All of these were shaped by members of our black community. These are their stories.