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Black Archives, Missouri Immigration, Firefighter Louie "Scooter" Martin

The new home of the Black Archives in the 18th & Vine neighborhood of Kansas City.
Susan B. Wilson
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The new home of the Black Archives in the 18th & Vine neighborhood of Kansas City.

The show for January 15, 2012. 

Preserving the History of Black Kansas City

Visit the new home of the Black Archives of Mid America and hear from the new director Doretha Williams.  With the support of the Kansas City Public Library and the Kauffman Foundation, the Black Archives hope to re-open to the public in June.

Missouri Bill Calls for Schools to Check Citizenship

A Missouri Senate committee begins hearings on Tuesday on a bill that would require schools to check the immigration status of all students, and call on police to check status on stops.  Hear from Lee's Summit State Senator Will Kraus, who sponsored the bill, and Missouri Immigrants and Refugee Advocates Executive Director Vanessa Crawford.

Longest-Serving Firefighter in KC Retires

Louie "Scooter" Martin shares his memories of battling blazed out of the Westport firehouse for more than 50 years.

David Weibe Retires

After more than two decades, Director of the Johnson County Mental Health CenterDavid Weibe retired last month.  Weibe talks about the development of the community mental health system in Kansas.

Sylvia Maria Gross is storytelling editor at KCUR 89.3. Reach her on Twitter @pubradiosly.
A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Susan admits that her “first love” was radio, being an avid listener since childhood. However, she spent much of her career in mental health, healthcare administration, and sports psychology (Susan holds a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Bloch School of Business at UMKC.) In the meantime, Wilson satisfied her journalistic cravings by doing public speaking, providing “expert” interviews for local television, and being a guest commentator/contributor to KPRS’s morning drive time show and the teen talk show “Generation Rap.”
As a health care reporter, I aim to empower my audience to take steps to improve health care and make informed decisions as consumers and voters. I tell human stories augmented with research and data to explain how our health care system works and sometimes fails us. Email me at alexs@kcur.org.
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