Freedom Inc.

Freedom Inc. President Rodney Bland filed a complaint with police about Ellington, who wouldn’t say if the two men crossed paths on March 20.

Known as a "fierce warrior" and for speaking truth to power, the longtime activist died February 14, 2021 at the age of 74.

The life and legacy of a former Kansas City councilwoman and activist, a Kansas City councilwoman looks to change how the city awards tax incentives and a preview of the second season of KCUR's podcast, "A People's History of Kansas City."

Before he was assassinated, Leon Jordan played a critical role in the establishment of Freedom Inc., and Black political power in Kansas City and the Missouri Capitol.

A Trump administration policy could force international students home if their American schools go online-only, remembering the life of a local Black political powerhouse, and Kansas City's resident jazz master discusses how COVID-19 turned his touring plans upside down.

For years, reporters in the Kansas Capitol press corps and advocates for open government pressed legislators to hide less of the workings of state…

Over the decades, Republicans and Democrats both made it hard for the public to know what goes on in the Statehouse. But in the wake of a Kansas City Star…

Political and economic unrest has many wondering about the power and limitations of democratic values and diplomacy. On this edition of Up To Date, we…

We explore the history and influence of the Kansas City political organization Freedom, Inc., one of the oldest African American political organizations…

Jimmy Townsend, longtime owner of Kansas City’s Green Duck Lounge at 26th Street and Prospect Avenue, was killed over the weekend.Police say Townsend, 83,…

Three years ago, Kansas City police re-opened one of the most vexing cold cases in local history. It was the 1970 murder of politician and civil rights…

While sitting in the UMKC course “The Kansas City Black Experience,” Emiel Cleaver decided to write a paper on KC's first black political group, Freedom…