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Civil rights activist Chester Owens, who helped desegregate Kansas City, Kansas, dies at 91

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Chester Owens will be remembered as a civil rights activist, educator and historian. He’s credited with helping desegregate downtown Kansas City, Kansas, businesses, establishing a Black book store and rubbing shoulders with Martin Luther King, Jr. and other icons of the Civil Rights movement.

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