Kansas City has a rich and sometimes overlooked history of Black culture. Together we'll explore the deep cultural roots of the Black community including jazz, barbecue and baseball, and also dive into Kansas City's role in the civil rights and desegregation movements. We'll start with a guided bus tour of several influential sites around Kansas City. Discussion topics and sites will include the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, slavery in the heart of America, the Kansas Jayhawks, the Underground Railroad, the untold story of Douglas's Battery and the wartime sacrifices of African Americans. After a barbecue lunch at KC's first and only Black-owned craft brewery, we'll spend the afternoon exploring the American Jazz Museum and Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in the historic 18th and Vine District. Trip includes executive coach transportation, admission to all sites, docent-led bus tour, tours of the museums and lunch at Vine Street Brewery.

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Course pre-requisites
(required) Osher Membership Fee

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