Category: Passing The Baton - Flatland KC

Passing the Baton | Carl Boyd on ‘Generation Rap’

By | February 16, 2024 |

Carl Boyd speaking into a radio microphone.

Urban educator Carl Boyd has spent most of his life connecting with young people, most notably through the long-running radio program “Generation Rap.”

Passing the Baton | Pastor Cassandra Wainright’s Life of Service

By | February 9, 2024 |

Cassandra Wainright teaching at the 2016 Concerned Clergy Coalition of Kansas City.

Pastor Cassandra Wainright became the first female president of the Concerned Clergy Coalition of Kansas City. Watch her story on “Passing the Baton.”

Passing the Baton | Groundbreaking African American Lawyer

By | February 2, 2024 |

Senior U.S. District Judge Fernando J. Gaitan Jr.

Senior U.S. District Judge Fernando J. Gaitan Jr. reflects on a long, groundbreaking legal career as part of our “Passing the Baton” series.

Passing the Baton | Sonny Gibson’s Pursuit of Local Black History

By | March 6, 2023 |

Photo of John Lange, the namesake of Kansas City, Missouri's first hospital for African Americans.

Sonny Gibson, a historian and author, has been doggedly documenting the forgotten history of Black Kansas City for decades.

Passing the Baton | Carmaletta Williams on Highways Breaking Neighborhoods

By | February 27, 2023 |

Map of the neighborhood where Carmaletta Williams grew up.

Carmaletta Williams, CEO of the Black Archives of Mid-America, shares how a new highway in her neighborhood altered the course of her life.