Thanks to everyone who attended Monday’s Community Conversation: Civil Rights in KC at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library. We hope you enjoyed taking part in our discussion of civil rights activism in Kansas City and getting a sneak peek of the upcoming documentary Freedom Riders. Be sure to tune into The Local Show on May 12, 2011 to see excerpts from the conversation.
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