Alvin Brooks

How is the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. living on in Kansas City? We hear from two Kansas City activists about their experiences living through the Civil Rights Movement and how they think the country and this city are doing in the long struggle for justice.

Sykes was an icon among Kansas City's civil rights activists. While he had a hard-headed, solo working-style, his success in drawing attention to unsolved civil rights cases is recognized nationwide.

The 88 year-old activist says ". . . if I've done any good, my life has not been in vain."

Lifelong Kansas City activist Alvin Brooks says ". . . if I've done any good, my life has not been in vain."

The Jackson County Detention Center has been a contentious topic in city and county politics, with a lot of the public debate focused on questions of…

When Alvin Brooks told his father that he wanted to be a police officer, his dad’s first response was, “Why do you want to get into that mess? You know…

Segment 1: The National School Walkout In North Kansas City.A check-in with our reporter, who covered today's National School Walkout from Oak Park High…

On April 9, 1968, five days after the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., civil unrest in response to long-standing racial tension broke out in Kansas…

Longtime civil rights activist Alvin Brooks is stepping down as a Kansas City Police Commissioner so he can serve on the Hickman Mills Board of Education.…

Kansas City Mayor Sly James won’t commit to a timeline for hiring the next chief of police."The goal isn't to do this fast,” James said at a news…

Leeds Cemetery doesn’t look like a typical cemetery. A couple of miles from the Truman Sports Complex in Kansas City, Missouri, it has noheadstones and…

Since becoming a Kansas City, Missouri police officer in the 1950s, Alvin Brooks has spent a lifetime working to reduce crime and injustice in his city.…