“With a population of over fifty thousand negroes in the two cities (Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Ks) the needs of the race in this particular have been sadly overlooked.”
— 1909 Highland Cemetery promotional book
The Story
The private cemetery was established in 1909 by a group of African American Kansas City leaders to create a place “devoted to the exclusive use of the Negro Race of Kansas City and adjacent territory.”
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