Ferguson In Perspective: Race Riots In Midwestern Cities

By Gina Kaufmann,

Published August 19, 2014 at 5:24 PM CDT

Festering tensions reach a boiling point, erupting into a stand-off between police and the African-American community. This basic scenario has played out in Kansas City, Mo., Lawrence, Kan., St. Louis, Ill. and now Ferguson, Mo.

Guests:

Revend Nelson "Fuzzy" Thompson, president, Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Kansas City
Clarence Lang, professor, Department of African and African-American Studies at the University of Kansas
Rusty Monhollon, author, This is America?: The Sixties in Lawrence, Kansas
Alvin Brooks, president and CEO, The Ad Hoc Group Against Crime

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Gina Kaufmann

People don't make cameos in news stories; the human story is the story, with characters affected by news events, not defined by them. As a columnist and podcaster, I want to acknowledge what it feels like to live through this time in Kansas City, one vantage point at a time. Together, these weekly vignettes form a collage of daily life in Kansas City as it changes in some ways, and stubbornly resists change in others. You can follow me on Twitter @GinaKCUR or email me at gina@kcur.org.

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Matthew Long-Middleton

Matthew Long-Middleton has been a talk-show producer, community producer, Media Training Manager and now the Community Engagement Manager at KCUR. You can reach him at Matthew@kcur.org, or on Twitter @MLMIndustries.

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