The Call

Kansas City's longest-operating Black newspaper, The Call, is partnering with other Black-focused media organizations like the Kansas City Defender and Cascade Media Group to diversify voices and increase digital engagement.

Segment 1: Celeste NgBest-selling author Celeste Ng's most recent book is about a lot of things: idealism gone awry, the dark-side of suburbia, and just…

Segment 1: Kansas City photographers William Fambrough and Matthew Washington captured the African-American experience in Kansas City. For a long time…

Segment 1: Lone Jack animal feed operation expansion concerns Powell Gardens.Nearly 7,000 cows might be moving next door to Powell Gardens, and the…

Segment 1: The latest in state and Kansas City politics.Jason Kander announced on Monday his candidacy for mayor of Kansas City, making him the ninth…

Things are moving ahead in the 18th & Vine district of Kansas City, Missouri, but not everyone is happy with the decisions being made. Last Wednesday,…

As the movement for equal rights grew during WWII, an internal struggle was underway among black publications to see who would be the voice of African…

Eric Wesson of The Kansas City Call says that Kansas City's black community is like Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. "I am a man of substance," wrote…

LaShonda Katrice Barnett remembers going out with a quarter to buy the latest issue of The Call for her grandmother. Now, Barnett has written a novel…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-947512.mp3KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Many people in Kansas City remember Lucile Bluford as the…