History

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curiousKC | A Guide to Learn (and Demystify) Critical Race Theory

The legal theory “Critical Race Theory” has dominated headlines. What is it and who’s responsible? Here’s your guide.

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Bringing Back Missing Veterans: ‘Always Loved – Never Forgotten’

Over the past 13 months, at least four families in the Kansas City region have received the remains or relics of family members who served in the military that have been missing for as long as 80 years.

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New Kansas City PBS Documentary Ponders Past, Present and Future of Movie Theaters

“Fade to Black,” a new Kansas City PBS documentary, explores the past, present and future of movie exhibition through the eyes of the people who helped build the industry, and hope to ensure it survives the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Glenn North recites "I Sing Their Names" as part of KC Performs.

KC Performs | Deploying Poetry to Say Their Names

Glenn North’s new poem, “I Sing Their Names,” celebrates Kansas City Black history.

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Local government officials and meatpacking executives shovel dirt at the groundbreaking of the meatpacking plant just outside Garden City in 1979.

How a Meatpacking Plant Changed One Kansas Town 40 Years Ago and Left a Colorado Community Behind

Four decades ago, a town in Kansas and a town in Colorado competed to become home to a giant meatpacking plant that, at the time, was the largest of its kind in the world. Here’s what has happened to them since.

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