Topekan Curtis spotlighted as nation's first vice president of color
Next Wednesday's inauguration of Kamala Harris, a Black woman who will be the nation's second vice president of color, has brought heightened media attention to its first vice president of color — Charles Curtis, a Native American from Topeka who held that office from 1929 to 1933. Meanwhile, Curtis' former mansion at 1101 S.W. Topeka Blvd. is for sale by the three siblings who inherited it from their parents, Don and Nova Cottrell, who each died recently after having restored the house. The asking price is $750,000, The Topeka Capital-Journal learned Friday from Patty Dannenberg,...
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