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Kinloch: The History of Missouri’s First Black City

Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2024 By Felicia Crawford-Randle

On August 20, 1948, the City of Kinloch was incorporated using a land purchase model whereby a realty corporation would sell parcels of land to white people at regular prices for the purpose of selling the land to Black families for more than double the purchase price because it was illegal to sell Kinloch homes to non-white individuals.  

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