Martin Luther King Jr.

Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | MLK Day, Inauguration Day and the Chiefs

Nick’s Haines picks Martin Luther King Day, Inauguration Day and the next Kansas City Chiefs playoff game as the news highlights for the coming week.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. sat for an interview with longtime Kansas City broadcaster Walt Bodine and his colleague Bill Griffith.

MLK in Kansas City

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. visited Kansas City at least six times between 1957 and 1968.

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Will Return of Fall Sports Lead to a Spike in COVID-19 Cases?

Public health officials are closely monitoring COVID-19 cases to see if the return of fall sports leads to a spike.

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mlk park sign and acreage

The People Have Spoken on Honoring MLK in KC…

It can be easy to miss as you motor along Swope Parkway near Bruce R. Watkins Drive on the east side of Kansas City, Missouri. Yet this broad swath of open space, wedged between the parkway and Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard, is a public park named for the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King…

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Martin Luther King Jr. at Kansas State University in 1968

12 Ways to Honor MLK Day in KC

Learn what you can do to honor MLK Jr. Day in Kansas City.

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