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Posts Tagged ‘Racial Justice’

Environmental Justice: Wyandotte County Seeks Solutions 

By | May 16, 2024 | 0
John Garland Park in Kansas City, Kansas, overlooks an industrial park.

Advocates in Wyandotte County are seeking environmental justice for communities paying the health care price for decades of industrial pollution.

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Six Projects Get More Money Via East Side Sales Tax

By | April 30, 2024 | 0
Founder Myron McCant looks through a window at the children served at KD Academy child care.

Six development projects on Kansas City’s East Side are getting an additional $2.3 million from the Central City Economic Development Sales Tax. 

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U.S. Army Base Renamed to Honor Black World War I Hero

By | February 22, 2024 | 2
Before being assigned to combat duty, members of the 369th Infantry Regiment served largely as laborers after arriving in France in 1918.

A Louisiana U.S. Army base once named for a Confederate general today bears the name of Henry Johnson, a Black World War I U.S. Army hero with Kansas City ties.

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Black Archives of Mid-America Marks 50th Anniversary

By | February 20, 2024 | 0
Members of the Black Archives of Mid-America's Youth Coalition Network attended the 50th anniversary gala. The group is about four years old and works to develop their skills for research, such as a recent project on reparations.

The Black Archives of Mid-America marked its 50th anniversary by emphasizing it role in preserving Black history in Kansas City.

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Passing the Baton | Carl Boyd on ‘Generation Rap’

By | February 16, 2024 | 0
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.”

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