Posts Tagged ‘Social Justice’
Tracing Kansas City’s Ties to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
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.
Read MoreMost Wanted In Kansas City: More Police Recruits
The Kansas City Police Department is struggling to fill more than 200 open positions.
Read MoreKansas City’s Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander Community Makes Itself Heard
Kansas City’s vigil at Cafe Cà Phê to grieve the victims of the Atlanta shooting sought to create the intimacy and the reverence of an at-home vigil in a space large enough to fit the whole Asian American-Pacific Islander community.
Read MoreStories of Pandemic Unemployment: ‘It … Eats Away at You’
Low wages, risky jobs put LGBTQ+ People, BIPOC and women in the economic line of fire pre- and post-pandemic.
Read MoreMeet Two Kansas Women Who Helped Integrate South Park Elementary School
Recalling a landmark Johnson County school integration case that came before Brown v. Board of Education.
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