history

The history of the Missouria people and how a prolific Otoe-Missouria storyteller helped preserve a fading language.

Historian Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. highlights the lessons on race in America's history through the writings of James Baldwin, and Trust Neighborhoods has a blueprint for developing low-income communities minus gentrification and displacement.

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.

Missouri's senior senator will not seek re-election in 2022 and baseball pioneer Effa Manley had some notable firsts in her career.

Effa Manley's achievements as the first woman to own a professional baseball team led to her becoming the first woman to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

How the bond the two world leaders formed out of the public view helped them work out international policies.

An analysis of Harry Truman's relationship with Winston Churchill and a preview of what the Kansas City Parks and Recreation has planned for 2021.

On whether America will seize this moment in history to progress in race relations after the death of George Floyd, Bakari Sellers reminds us, 'We've missed moments like this before.'

CNN political commentator Bakari talks about race, Trump and the January 6 insurrection, and the Film Critics look at contenders for the movie industry's top prizes.

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.

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."

Former Chiefs' head coach Marty Schottenheimer died earlier this week, but his legacy lives on in the players he coached.