Quindaro, Kansas became a safe haven for liberated people who were traveling north from the south after the Civil War ended. Along the way, some newly freed slaves decided to make this town their home. Quindaro is now part of the Kansas City area. This community would eventually become home to a historic Kansas university where many of the freed people pursued their formal education. Founded in 1865, The Quindaro Freedman’s School was the first Historically Black University—or HBCU—west Of The Mississippi. The only university of its kind in Kansas, it would later be named Western University. Even though it closed in 1943, its legacy lives on today.
Source: KSN-TV
