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Leon M. Jordan
Leon Mercer Jordan (May 6, 1905 – July 15, 1970) was an African-American American civil rights movement, civil rights leader who served in the Missouri House of Representatives. Jordan was "one of the most influential African Americans in Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City's history" and, at the time of his assassination in 1970, the "state's most powerful black politician". Early years Leon Jordan attended Lincoln College Preparatory Academy, Lincoln High School in Kansas City, Missouri, served in the United States Army, and graduated from Wilberforce University in Ohio in 1933. He married fellow Wilberforce student Orchid I. Jordan, Orchid Irene Ramsey on August 10, 1932. Career After graduation, Jordan worked as a schoolteacher. He joined the Kansas City Police Department (KCPD) in 1938, rising to the rank of detective. He took a leave of absence in 1947 and spent eight years training the police forces of Liberia. As a pilot, Jordan flew his own plane around the country. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri, abbreviated KC or KCMO, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by List of cities in Missouri, population and area. The city lies within Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson, Clay County, Missouri, Clay, and Platte County, Missouri, Platte counties, with a small portion lying within Cass County, Missouri, Cass County. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Missouri–Kansas state line and has a population of 2,392,035. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090, making it the sixth-most populous city in the Midwestern United States, Midwest and List of United States cities by population, 38th-most populous city in the United States. Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a port on the Missouri River at its confluence with the Kansas River from the west. On June 1, 1850, the town of Kansas was incorporated; shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Terr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
