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The Evolution of Black Life in Little Dixie
Published December 21st, 2020 at 3:38 PM
In 1956, Pearl Spencer was one of the first Black students to enroll in Parkville’s newly integrated high school. 
Spencer and her siblings still vividly remember their experiences growing up Black in Parkville – the good, the bad and the ugly. 
A reader asked curiousKC to look into who lives in what was once the African American section of Parkville where they recently bought a home. This reader wanted to know “about varied influences – especially slavery and the emerging university – on life for Black folk then.”  ....

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