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Luke X. Martin/KCUR 89.3Kansas City is no longer one of the only large cities in the country without a roadway named after Martin Luther King Jr. -
Carlos Moreno/KCUR 89.3A soil collection ceremony on Saturday will honor the life of Levi Harrington, who was lynched in Kansas City 139 years ago. Will the event help foster reconciliation and a better understanding of past and present racial violence in Missouri?
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Charles Curtis was a leading voice in the fight for women's suffrage. He also orchestrated the breakup of tribal government and communal land in what is now the state of Oklahoma. -
Plans for a plaque that would contextualize the deeds of former President Andrew Jackson were put on hold for months. But after voters failed to pass a measure to remove them, plans are back on to add the plaques.
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women in the U.S. the right to vote. Here's how to celebrate Kansas City style.
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Three professors from Haskell Indian Nations University discuss the mutual support — and historical connection — between their communities and the Black Lives Matter movement.
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The holiday celebrating freedom for black people in the United States traditionally involved parades, festivals and cookouts in various parts of the Kansas City metro, especially in the Historic 18th and Vine district.
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What if protests after the death of George Floyd could be viewed as outpourings of grief? For these Kansas Citians, it's an emotion that has been building for decades.
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After waiting 50 years, some members of KU's class of 1970 planned to make the traditional walk with 2020's graduating seniors.
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How a corrupt political system and the end of World War I led to a bungled response and an overwhelming loss of life.
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Each state gets to honor two citizens with statues in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. In 2022, one of Missouri's contributions will be a statue of President Harry S. Truman.
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In the turbulent years following the Civil War, around 27,000 former slaves migrated to Kansas. They called themselves "exodusters" and they were fleeing Jim Crow laws. Some of them are remembered in a portrait exhibition of an African-American community in Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Kamala Harris is set to become the country’s first female vice president. Harris is a Black woman of Indian and Jamaican descent, and the occasion is inspiring people of color across Kansas City.
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Disease and conflict shadowed frontier life during the heydey of many historic homes in the metro. Visitors have a chance to view today's events through the lens of history at places like the John Wornall House and the Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm.
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A nearly two-year renovation project on the former Rockhill Tennis Club is coming to a close. And the owners are asking for a significant boost from the purchase price.
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A reckoning is taking place in Kansas City when it comes to buildings, fountains, street names, and monuments — and uncovering layers of history.
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Perspective: Will the events of 2020 force Kansas City to reckon with the opposing forces that have defined us from the beginning?
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Robert "Cowboy" Culbertson owns American Frontier Production, a set where artists can imagine life on the prairie as it once was.
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On the surface, these three Kansas businesses — all more than a hundred years old — may not have a lot in common, but they all say customers want two things right now: comfort and escape.
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Even when the National World War I Museum and Memorial is open, the majority of its vast holdings aren’t on public display but stored for safekeeping.Now,…
