Race and Culture

A Kansas City artist invented an instrument that paints and composes at the same time, creating music with a brush stroke. Plus, one Kansas golfer is trying to bring more diversity to the caddie community.

University of Kansas graduate student Anh-Dao Do turned her experience as a caddie into a way to pay for college. She wants to help others do the same, and help revive a dying skill in the process.

Sheryl Ferguson, founder of It's Time 4 Justice, has organized a public forum with the goal of starting a conversation about race with people from all walks of life.

The project, which goes beyond well-known historical mainstays like baseball, jazz and barbeque, highlights local African Americans who influenced Kansas City, and national, history.

With a revolutionary deck of cards and new designs, the Kansas City-raised designer focuses on bringing culture into her passion projects.

One national alumni group spent two decades collecting, preserving and archiving material from throughout the history of Lincoln College Preparatory Academy. It's finally open to the public.

Two federal efforts — one in Congress and one at the U.S. Interior Department — could affect the search for marked and unmarked graves at the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway and Haskell University in Lawrence.

After a wave of anti-Asian violence across the country last spring, Kansas City came together to show solidarity for local Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Is the support holding up?

The Anti-Defamation League has been keeping track of antisemitic incidents since 1979, and they’ve never been higher than last year. Around Kansas City, a new generation of Jewish people is coming to terms with what that means for their future.

When Mitchell Williams first joined the area's bicycle scene, he didn’t see a lot of other people of color. It’s one reason he helped found the Major Taylor Cycling Club of Kansas City, and hosts Monday night rides open to anyone.

Contracts for deed can be a pathway to homeownership for people without access to common lending options. But sketchy deals can leave low-income buyers with nothing — not even their house. Plus, some Kansas City-area students are frustrated about how Black history is being taught in high schools.

In a statement before the Kansas Board of Education's private session Friday, board president Jim Porter criticized the governor and others for publicly calling for Watson to resign.