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The segregated Lincoln School, the Literary Calm Chat Club and other institutions feature in the exhibit, which runs through May 7.

Four of the five applicants spoke to the News-Leader about their thoughts on poverty, development and more.

View Comments The Springfield community rallied this week to support a neighborhood center damaged by vandals who spray-painted the historic building with phallic symbols, scribbling and racial slurs. Mark Dixon, executive director of the Bartley-Decatur Neighborhood Center, said the all-volunteer board has been overwhelmed by the volume of supportive messages, offers of help, and donations. "At this point, counting a grant that were going to be receiving by way of the Community Foundation of ...

Springfield community steps up with donations, helps clean up Bartley-Decatur Neighborhood Center after vandalism Lauren Schwentker © Provided by Springfield (MO) KYTV KY3 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The Bartley-Decatur Neighborhood Center in north Springfield has served the African-American community for generations. Less than a week ago, Mark Dixon, the president of the center, was made aware that vandals struck the building with bright florescent spray paint. It was vandalize...

View Comments The Bartley-Decatur Neighborhood Center, a gathering place for many diverse groups in a historic part of Springfield, was vandalized with racial slurs and phallic symbols spray-painted in neon colors. Mark Dixon, the longtime director, said the damage was reported early Wednesday by one passerby after another. "I was fighting back tears — still am," he said. Dixon said while the vandal, or vandals, failed to get inside, the brick façade of the two-story building and the ornate...