The Barbecue Army's Five-Star General
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The Barbecue Army's Five-Star General
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Photos and biographical article about Ollie Gates, "Kansas City's Crown Prince of barbecue" and community activist as a businessman in depressed areas of the city. Description of his life and career, born about 1929 and entering his father's barbecue restaurant business before starting his own on the East Side of Downtown and expanding with other branches within the city limits and opening adjacent stores, building shopping centers, and becoming active in other urban renewal and as a Park Board member, etc.
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Creator: Laner, Joel
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1979-05
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Kansas City
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Page 20: In 1959, after a year and a half of work together, George [Gates, Ollie's father] had endured enough [of partnership with Ollie at his restaurant at 12th and Brooklyn Avenues]. ..'I [Ollie] could only go four blocks down 12th Street to Highland, since the city was segregated at the time.'"
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q977.8411 K1692
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Restriction on Access
This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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