Desegregation
For Latinos in the Midwest, Playing Ball was More than Just a Game
A Smithsonian traveling exhibit now at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City showcases the contribution of Hispanic leagues.
Meet 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.
curiousKC | Were There Segregated House Advertisements in KC?
Were local real estate advertisements segregated? curiousKC investigates.
Think J.C. Nichols Was Racist? Meet Kroh Brothers
Developer J.C. Nichols has been vilified for his use of racially restrictive housing covenants in subdivisions. But he was hardly alone.
curiousKC | A (Mis)perception of Crime
Why are security measures heightened in some KC neighborhoods and not others? curiousKC looked into how public and private buildings are secured to find out why.
The Filter Ep. 5 | ‘Be Free’
The Filter podcast talks about the evolution of slavery, starting with Juneteenth and book-ending with the Black Lives Matter movements.
Which Schools Are Integrated?
Lisa Gooden was set on finding the right school for her children in Kansas City. The choices were complex — public, private, charter, signature — but she felt good about all the buildings she visited. There were probably a dozen or so public elementaries within a couple miles of her neighborhood, so she didn’t understand…
In Honor of MLK: East to West is Best
I won’t presume to know why, 50 years after his death, we haven’t named a street after Martin Luther King Jr. in Kansas City, Missouri. Despite its broad support across ethnic lines, former Mayors Ilus Davis, Charles Wheeler, Dick Berkley, Emanuel Cleaver, Kay Barnes and Mark Funkhouser haven’t been able to do it. Recently, the…