Embedded Document /system/files/2023-07/KHAL_CY_GenerationsOfAchievement_Claxton.pdf Download this PDF Abstract Orchid Ramsey was a small-town African American girl born in 1910. She went on to marry Leon Jordan, a prominent Kansas City Civil Rights activist, and take over his position in Missouri’s General Assembly for sixteen years after his assassination. This project utilized resources from the Clay County Historical Society and the University of Missouri-Kansas City Miller Nichols Library. Authors Claxton, Haley Date Sep 01, 2014 Tags Biography Clay County Kansas History and Life Multicultural Kansas Exhibit Multicultural Kansas: African Americans Publisher Kansas State University, The Chapman Center for Rural Studies Citation Haley Claxton, “Generations of Achievement: The Family and Early Life of Orchid Ramsey Jordan in Clay Center, Kansas, 1910–1928,” Lost Kansas Communities, https://lostkansas.ccrsdigitalprojects.com/orchid-ramsey-jordan. Rights This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). NOTE: Rights status of accompanying images may differ from text.
