Racism

The ruins of "Black Wall Street" after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.

Tracing Kansas City’s Ties to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

By Brian Burnes | May 27, 2021

The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre sent ripples that could be felt in Kansas City. Flatland explores the sometimes surprising local links to arguably the most serious, yet little known, race crime in U.S. history.

College-age Japanese American students were allowed to leave internment camps and were enrolled at Park College in 1942.

Kansas City’s Surprising Connection to Japanese Internment Camps

By Catherine Hoffman | May 12, 2021

College-aged Japanese American students were allowed to leave World War II internment camps to be enrolled at Park College in 1942.

Demonstrators hold signs during a press conference calling to a halt on violence against Asian Americans

‘We Are Significant’: Resources in Response to Violence Against Asian Americans

By Jada Leng | March 24, 2021

A PBS employee reflects on the response to recent attacks on Asian Americans in Atlanta, Georgia.

Archival photos are laid on a tan piece of paper, denoting how our journalist traced down the history of Parkville.

curiousKC | Parkville Reckons With Its Storied Past

By Catherine Hoffman | December 21, 2020

In 1956, Pearl Spencer was one of the first Black students to enroll in Parkville’s newly integrated high school. Spencer and her siblings still vividly remember their experiences growing up Black in Parkville – the good, the bad and the ugly. A reader asked curiousKC to look into who lives in what was once the…