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MLB's decision recognizes seven Negro organizations as major leaguers.

Major League Baseball will now incorporate the statistics of the Negro Baseball Leagues' players into the sport's official records, and the Smart Money Experts on why the Millennial generation deserves a break.

In February 1920, the owners of eight independently owned black baseball teams met in Kansas City at the Paseo YMCA and the Negro National League was…

Phil Dixon is more than an expert on the Negro Leagues. He's an ambassador for stories that might've been lost without him. To commemorate the 100th…

Segment 1: Missouri looks to start opening medical marijuana dispensaries in June.Missouri's Department of Health and Senior Services has issued licenses…

Segment 1: What does it mean to be presidential?Imagine a world in which campaigning for president was considered beneath the dignity of the office. That…

Listen to this episode of A People's History Of Kansas City, a new podcast from KCUR 89.3. For more stories like this one, subscribe on Apple Podcasts,…

Segment 1: A KU professor's book explores the sense of place created by our technology.Where do you live? What is your neighborhood? Is it a physical…

The prestigious, historically black high school in Kansas City is becoming more integrated. Hear how Lincoln's alumni, students and faculty are trying to…

Segment 1: Why the Shawnee Mission School Board authorized controversial teacher contract.Failed contract negotiations between teachers and administrators…

The KCUR news staff presents the State of Kansas City series as a look ahead to 2020 on topics of importance to the region. Find the State of Kansas City…

In 1991, when Reverend Eric Williams was new to his ministry, he was asked to perform a funeral for a young man who'd died of AIDS. The parents wanted to…