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The story has particular resonance to "the social arrangements that we experience today," said Edward Ball, which are a direct consequence of generations of violence against African Americans.

One author chronicles his ancestor's militant anti-Black legacy, and how the Kansas City Royals have adapted to pandemic challenges.

Mayor Quinton Lucas sets the record straight on how his office first heard about Operation LeGend, longtime Kansas kingmaker state Sen. Dick Bond died last week, former Jackson County Sheriff Mike Sharp is running for his old office, and the tale of a dog who somehow traveled more than 50 miles to her former home.

A reckoning is taking place in Kansas City when it comes to buildings, fountains, street names, and monuments — and uncovering layers of history.

Three professors from Haskell Indian Nations University discuss the mutual support — and historical connection — between their communities and the Black Lives Matter movement.

One hundred years after the Negro National League was established, a Kansas City museum is finding ways to mark the anniversary amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The lasting effects of COVID-19 and how the coronavirus is affecting schools reopening, celebrating the first organized professional Black baseball league, and how prescient past movies have been when compared to current protests and the pandemic.

Registering and voting in this years' elections will look different because of the pandemic, a Kansas suburb considers rules for residents to keep backyard chickens, and newly-revealed letters of Missouri native T. S. Eliot provide a deeper understanding of the famed poet.

The Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area nonprofit preserves historic sites on both sides of the state line, which has historically been an arena for fights over the meaning of freedom.

How a national heritage group is preserving historical sites in Kansas and Missouri, a preview of the third season of a Kansas News Service podcast, and the return of a dedicated classical music station to Kansas City's radio dial.

Calls to stop flying the Confederate battle flag are once again in the news, but the Kansas Historical Society is working to restore and preserve Civil War flags captured by Kansas troops

The independent oversight agency that handles grievances against the Kansas City Police Department is often criticized, and why the Kansas Historical Society is restoring Civil War battle flags from Northern and Southern states.