On the cold Saturday morning of January 16, 1965, a U.
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As shocking as it may sound, the event was seemingly omitted from the historical record for nearl.
When the fire and destruction finally subsided, forty-seven people--mostly African American children--were dead or injured, homes were completely destroyed and numerous families were splintered.
Air Force KC-135 tanker carrying thirty-one thousand gallons of jet fuel crashed into a congested African American neighborhood in Wichita, Kansas.
On the cold Saturday morning of January 16, 1965, a U.
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