Talk:History of Kansas City

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[edit] Small market city for major leauge?

What idiot put that in! With a market of 2.2 million people, KC is average. While in the 80's this may have been somewhat true, that is no longer even close, as way smaller markets like Nashville, Jacksonville, Indianapolis (the winners of the last super bowl) Buffalo and Miluwakee (Green Bay) have major teams. Also similar-sized markets like Cincinatti, Cleveland, Tampa Bay, Denver, and Pittsburg also have teams. The statement that we are a "small" market is total BS, as Kansas City is the 26th largest metro in the US, and is similar in population to all cities ranked from 19-28.

The above unsigned comment was posted on February 12, 2007 by Special:Contributions/69.150.147.138. Kansas City ranks #31 on the List of television stations in North America by media market placing it at the bottom or near the bottom of cities with professional baseball and football teams. Americasroof 01:45, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Exodusters

This article needs more attention to the history of African-Americans. Questions to be answered include:

• Did Exodusters migrate to Kansas City? Dogru144 01:46, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

As per usual the best way to improve a Wikipedia article is to improve it yourself. The Exodusters (which needs considerable work) points out this occurred in Kansas. The Benjamin "Pap" Singleton is a good article giving more detail. Kansas City, Missouri is in Missouri, which was a slave state. The black migration to Kansas City was due mainly to good urban jobs. Americasroof 01:45, 12 February 2007 (UTC)