Junius G. Groves, 'Potato King,' to be enshrined in Kansas Business Hall of Fame

Junius G. Groves, a figure well known to the annual Kansas City Black History Project for his rise from slavery to wealthy landowner and businessman, will be enshrined in the Kansas Business Hall of Fame. Groves became known as “The Potato King of the World” and one of the wealthiest African-Americans of the early 20th Century.

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