Strugglers Hill: A People, A Community
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Strugglers Hill is a neighborhood in Kansas City, KS with the borders of 13th and 10th Streets (west and east) and State Ave. and Walker (south and north). Founded in the early 1920′s, the neighborhood was home to many African-Americans that went on to prominence in politics, business, philanthropy and art.
With funding provided by the Kansas Humanities Council as part of its 150th anniversary of Kansas initiative, I have produced and directed a documentary short subject about Strugglers Hill featuring interviews with former and current residents.
Strugglers Hill: A People, A Community
Senator David Haley (D), 4th District, Kansas Interview
Not included in the documentary short subject film (‘Strugglers Hill: A People, A Community’), the video is an excerpt from an interview with Senator David Haley (D), 4th District, Kansas.
Sen. Haley’s uncle, Alex Haley, wrote the novel “Roots” and “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.” Sen. Haley discusses the Kansas City, Kansas educational system.
Maggie Walker Interview
Maggie Walker, a lifelong resident of Strugglers Hill describes her experience growing up in the neighborhood and one aspect of “it takes a village to raise a child.”
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I remember the area well from my youth.
When a child, We visiting my Grand parents, Who lived a 1136 Freeman.
I thought that area from 10th & Jersey, to Minnesota Ave. was the coolest place on earth.
My Father would bring BBQ from HEZZY’S, It was the most delightful meal I had ever had.
Now those were the Good Old Day’s
I look forward to seeing the video. It is such a pleasure to be reminded of our heritage, and our privilege. Barbara Clay Coulibaly
I was reared as achild on Struggler’s Hill. I went to Douglass Elementary from the indergarden to the 5th grade, I lived 1038 WashingtonBlvd. 1010 Washington,and on10th Steet accross fromthe OldJim’s Market where Butch and Nolen Myers Ellison’s Mother worked as the Cashier,and the Watson’s had a Car place.
Mr. Harold Hogan and Mr. Lee Hughes ran a Insurance Agencyon thecorner of Oakland. The Drews’s Drugstore was on the Corner,accrossfromtheLake.
I lived directly in front of the Big ElevenLake.
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