Kansas City History
A Better Big Blue Battlefield in Kansas City | Part II
Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a three-part series on the restoration of the Big Blue Battlefield in Kansas City, Missouri. In the mid-19th century, overland trail teamsters driving wagons west sometimes followed a branch of the Santa Fe Trail out of Independence, using the shortcut to reach fields where the animals used…
A Better Big Blue Battlefield | Part I
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a three-part series on the restoration of the Big Blue Battlefield in Kansas City, Missouri. It was cold for late October in Kansas City. In 1864 Lt. Patrick Henry Minor, then leading an artillery battery against Confederate forces, would die the following March, from what likely had…
For Black leaders in Kansas City, MLK Day is a Hectic — and Empowering — Day of Service
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a day for leaders in Black communities to connect to something bigger and encourage better support for African Americans.
New Perspectives Emerge on Hyatt Regency Skywalks Collapse
Two new books offer fresh perspectives on the Hyatt Regency skywalks collapse, regarded as the most devastating structural collapse in U.S. history.
Passing the Baton | Sonny Gibson’s Pursuit of Local Black History
Sonny Gibson, a historian and author, has been doggedly documenting the forgotten history of Black Kansas City for decades.