Historic Black Churches of Kansas City Short Driving Tour
Description
This driving tour includes several of the most historically-significant African American churches and church-adjacent institutions in and around the 18th and Vine district. In addition to long-standing institutions such as St. Stephen Baptist Church and St. Monica Catholic Church, the tour also includes the site of the now-demolished Holy Name Catholic Church, which played a key role in the 1968 riots that consumed much of Kansas City, and the former location of the Watkins Brothers Funeral Home, the proprietors of which were both highly prominent political and social activists.