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Be Bop & Beyond
18th and Vine
Walking Tour

Known for Jazz Music, Negro League Baseball, Black Business and Civil Rights, 18th and Vine was the focal point of black life in the Heart of America during era of Jim Crow Segregation and the origin of Kansas City's cultural identity; tour includes live jazz.

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Kansas City Black History Bus Tour

Trace the steps of our ancestors, as we travel through time, three different versions available

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Streetcar KC
a River City Mafia Tour

Take a trip through the Kansas City underworld, to learn the history of the Mafia in the middle of America and its connection to jazz and politics. Tour starts at 3rd and Grand

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Streetcar KC
a River City Civil Rights Tour

Get an African American perspective, one generation removed from the Civil Right Movement of how History moves in cycles and the African American struggle for Human Rights in the "Heart of America" along the Kansas City Downtown Street Car Route. Street Car/ Walking Tour Minors Under 17 are free with a paid Adult (limit 2 minors per adult)

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Swope Park
Blue River
Underground Railroad Trek

Experience the 3 mile Underground Railroad Trek through the eyes of a runaway slave navigating the hills and trails of Swope Park

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BlackHistoryKC
Heart of America
Bike Tour series:

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This revealing tour features Troost Ave- the street chosen by the Kansas City School District to maintain segregated schools after Brown vs. Board of Education and Mission Hills Sub Division developed by J.C. Nichols

Featured on the tour Forest Hill Memorial Park

Covering 160 acres, this historic Kansas city cemetery was incorporated in 1888 and has grown to include both the historic Forest Hill Cemetery and Calvary Cemetery. The cemetery includes the final resting places of Kansas City residents from the Civil War to the present, from Confederate officers to innovative businesswomen and civil rights leaders. It was designed by notable Kansas City architect George Kessler and landscape designer Sid Hare.