Johnson County Library Studies Kansas City Metro Legacy Of Segregation

The impact of legal redlining and block busting continues to resonate across the metro more than sixty years after the policy was officially rebukes.

This Summer Johnson County denizens earn a reminder about the impact of history on their everyday lives . . .

"By highlighting the history of segregation in Kansas City, Dividing Lines sheds light on the governmental policies and individual actions which decimated Black neighborhoods all over the United States. This experience will expand the tour by comparing the history of Kansas City to that of St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Birmingham."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Dividing Lines

Driving into the future by illuminating the past. Residential segregation and the racial wealth gap didn't just happen through some automatic human instinct or by chance. Individual actions in tandem with state and federal policies created our current reality.‍By highlighting the history of segregation in Kansas City, Dividing Lines sheds light on the governmental policies and individual actions which decimated Black neighborhoods all over the United States.