Continuing on the African American Heritage Trail
This is the Gregg/Klice Community Center.
It's behind the Jazz and Negro Baseball League Museums.
This is really part of the Park and Rec attractions.
Sorry - I had to take a picture.
A baseball bat on top of the lending library.
Dedicated to the service of the people of this area and the enrichment of their lives, stands as a testimonial to the leadership and unselfish effort of this community to bring opportunities for satisfaction and enjoyment of their leisure hours. 1956
In memory of William Arrington (Bubble) Klice
Calvin Wainright
Coach Wainright was very involved at the Gregg/Klice Community Center
Sam Lacey
Kansas City Kings 44
Also involved in the community center
This was the attraction I was looking for.
On April 3rd, 1882, Levi Harrington’s lifeless body, riddled with bullets, swung from a steel beam on the Bluff Street Bridge. He was murdered at the hands of an angry white mob that accused him of killing Police Officer Patrick Jones. This monument serves to honor Mr. Harrington and the other 59 documented victims of lynching that occurred in Missouri from 1877 to 1950.
At least 60 African Americans were lynched between 1877 and 1950 in Missouri.
Most were not reported.
On Sunday, November 4, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to an audience of approximately 8,000 people during the annual Protestant Reformation service in the arena of the Municipal Auditorium. "Too many live by the rule that something is all right because everyone else is doing it," Dr. King said. "Today something is wrong if you get caught. And ‘right’ is not to get caught. It's a philosophy of survival of the slickest."
Buck O'Neil's House
The School opened in 1904 as an all-white school and was converted for use by black students in 1953. Despite opposition from parents, the Kansas City, Missouri School District (KCMSD) changed the name of the school to reflect the change in segregated population. From 1955-1975, the KCMSD used Troost Ave as a racial dividing line with black schools to the east and white schools to the west. The racial segregation of schools along Troost Ave played a role in white flight from the east side to the west side of Kansas City.
Notable alumni include Academy Award-winning actress Ginger Rogers, known for her musical motion pictures performances with Fred Astaire, and cartoonist Walt Disney. Ginger Rogers only attended the school for one year of Kindergarten while Disney attended for seven years from 1910-1917. Disney supposedly drew the first version of the famous Mickey Mouse as “Mortimer Mouse” in the margins of his textbooks at the school.
The Holmes School shut its doors in June of 1997. The building has since been converted into the D.A. Holmes Senior Apartments.
Which lead me to another random distraction.
Walt Disney's childhood home
It's right around the corner from the school.
This is Satchel Paige's House
While in disrepair now it would have once been a beautiful house.
This is a KC Heart right by the house.
That leaves just 3 stops left on the African American Heritage Trail! I believe we are close to 50 stops + all of my distractions along the way.
St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church in Kansas City, MO, built in 1922.
St. Vincent Academy next door.
On the way home I stopped by M & M.
They had sold out of doughnuts but I was able to get a brownie.
For the past week I have needed to get gas. I have been at 30 miles left until today. Driving home it went to just lines. I finally stopped.
Until tomorrow.
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