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Kansas City has ties to Sarah Rector, first Black child millionaire depicted in ‘Sarah’s Oil’

Kansas City has ties to Sarah Rector, first Black child millionaire depicted in ‘Sarah’s Oil’

Update: 2025-12-02
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As an 11-year-old, Sarah Rector became the richest Black child in America, but danger in Oklahoma led to her family moving to Kansas City. Rector’s story, long forgotten from the history books, is now the subject of the 2025 film “Sarah’s Oil.”
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Kansas City has ties to Sarah Rector, first Black child millionaire depicted in ‘Sarah’s Oil’

Kansas City has ties to Sarah Rector, first Black child millionaire depicted in ‘Sarah’s Oil’

Steve Kraske, Elizabeth Ruiz