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Kansas City native-son Colonel Charles McGee (Ret.), one of the famed World War II Tuskegee Airmen, shares his experience as a member of the pion...

 Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III hosts a conversation about humanities studies and the future of America's...

Twyla Dell discusses the rapid rise of Kansas City in its first 100 years and the role that energy played in its development on Sunday, January 17, at...

To open the latest season of the What Works in Urban Education series, Tom Bloch and the University Academy pres...

Urban League of Greater Kansas City President Gwendolyn Grant leads a discussion of data from the State of Bl...

The Kansas City Public Library and the Kansas City Museum present the history and autobiography of the Fairy Princess, a local ho...

Piloting a bomber nicknamed "Bottoms Up" during WWII, Lee Lamar was shot down over northern Italy on this day 65 years ago. Hit...

The Library’s Presidential Series continues when Robert W. Merry discusses his new book about James K. Polk, one...

Carlotta Walls LaNier made history 52 years ago as one of "The Little Rock Nine." After years of silence, LaNier shares her sto...

Before Kansas City developed a jazz scene, ragtime was the music of choice. Many important ragtime composers hailed from Kansas City, which wa...