Rare 1920 aerial view of Pershing and Main area, showing the Union Station and the Station's Powerhouse building, now home of the Kansas City Ballet #KansasCityHistory (photo credit, KC Union Station)

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Chilly but beautiful day with my Kansas City Urban Sketchers group at my happy place, The Museum of Kansas City.
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Nora Holt was born in 1885 in Kansas City and graduated from Western University, the first HBCU west of the MS. Holt went on to become the first Black person in the U.S. to earn a master’s degree in music and later created 200 compositions. #BlackHistoryMonth #kansascityhistory #noraholt