Tagged: segregation

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6:00 pm
Tue May 7, 2013

Truman's Integration Of The Armed Forces

Credit James C. Cassatt
Rawn James, Jr., author of The Double V

Looking back, desegregating the military seems like the obvious thing to do, but in the 1940s and 50s, it wasn't so clear for Harry Truman.

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KCUR News
11:34 am
Mon December 20, 2010

KC Area Becoming Less Segregated Than In 2000

Kansas City, MO – For decades, Kansas City has been known as a city sharply segregated by race, most dramatically along Troost Avenue. But new data suggests that's changing, at least among blacks and whites.

The 2000 census showed that Kansas City was the 16th most segregated major city in the US, but new estimates from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey indicate that we've dropped to 28th.

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