Corps Chronicles: Stories from the Heartland

Episode #1: Meet your historians

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Walking down the hall of distinguished civilians of the Kansas City District, you will likely notice there is only one African American on the wall. Woods C. Hight. In a quest to find more information about Woods Hight and his time with USACE, we soon realized there is limited recorded history of Black employees at the Kansas City District.

In our efforts to record the history of some of our district’s Black trailblazers, we learned that history is sometimes unfolding in front of you.

Episode #2: A chronological account of Black history in the Kansas City District

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Walking down the hall of distinguished civilians of the Kansas City District, you will likely notice there is only one African American on the wall. Woods C. Hight. In a quest to find more information about Woods Hight and his time with USACE, we soon realized there is limited recorded history of Black employees at the Kansas City District.

In our efforts to record the history of some of our district’s Black trailblazers, we learned that history is sometimes unfolding in front of you.

Episode #3: Mentors matter -- the impact of Black trailblazers

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Walking down the hall of distinguished civilians of the Kansas City District, you will likely notice there is only one African American on the wall. Woods C. Hight. In a quest to find more information about Woods Hight and his time with USACE, we soon realized there is limited recorded history of Black employees at the Kansas City District.

In our efforts to record the history of some of our district’s Black trailblazers, we learned that history is sometimes unfolding in front of you.