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Was the founding of Sumner High school a result of racism or racial cooperation?

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Was the founding of Sumner High school a result of racism or racial cooperation?

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Fair skies and forty-nine degrees created the type of spring weather that drew young people outdoors. For Roy Martin and other white members of the Kansas City, Kansas High School baseball team, or perhaps it was the track team, the balmy weather meant practice would be held outdoors at Kerr Park that afternoon. For Louis Gregory and his companions, all black, the mild weather led to a trip to the creek just beyond Kerr Park to shoot frogs. He carried a .22 caliber pistol, or perhaps a rifle, as he and his companions cut across Kerr Park around 4:00 P.M.1 Within a few minutes, Roy Martin lay dead, and Louis Gregory was jailed as his murderer. Few dispute that Louis Gregory fired the shot that killed Roy Martin, although one source suggests a hobo may have been the one who actually fired the shot. Like everything else about this incident, there is no agreement as to the events at the park or at the jail later. According to local historian Orrin Murray, who spoke with Gregory’s family, L

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