How a Kansas town became one of the nation's first majority-Black farming communities




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Summary: The wave of migration across the U.S. in the mid-1800's included people looking to live in open spaces, with land to grow crops and the opportunity to have a better life. After the Civil War, that included freed slaves and their families. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one Kansas town that was established as a result as part of our Black History Month coverage and ongoing series, "Race Matters." PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders