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A new exhibit at the Joplin History and Mineral Museum highlights the story of Joplin’s Black community, especially at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.
JOPLIN, Mo. — The Joplin Globe may be the only newspaper in Joplin these days — but it wasn’t always the case. When a new mural appeared in downtown Joplin, it helped bring awareness to Joplin Uplift — the name of a newspaper published in Joplin between 1926 to about 1932 for the Black community. […]