segregation

Christina Anderson's play follows a Black family's journey through the years after desegregating the public pool in their fictional Kansas town. The show will tour 10 Kansas City community centers and libraries, after completing a run at Kansas City Repertory Theatre.

The six-lane U.S. Highway 71 separated Kansas City's predominantly-Black neighborhoods from downtown. A $5 million federal grant will study what can be done to reconnect those communities and improve pedestrian safety at intersections.

Kansas City has taught me that you don’t love a city by seeing only the parts that make you comfortable. Telling stories about this place for two decades allowed me to understand its quirks, its flaws, its strengths and its heartaches.

'Ghosts of Segregation' presents photographic evidence of the prejudice and exclusion people of color faced.

Missouri highways are lined with signs warning against drinking and driving, but these are not exactly what they seem. The signs are part of a penalty the state pays for allowing passengers to drink. Also, how the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904 offered the best and worst of America.

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…

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Until desegregation, Lincoln High School was the only place in Jackson, Platte, or Clay counties where a Black student could earn a secondary education. In a city where few pieces of Black history remain — outside of jazz and baseball — Lincoln High remains a monument to struggle and triumph.