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

Sarah Rector’s story hasn’t been widely known until recent years.

“Sarah’s Oil,” a new biographical drama currently playing in movie theaters, tells the story of how in the early 1900s, Rector became one of the first Black female millionaires at just 11 years old.

Rector’s grandchildren say the family always wanted her story told…

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