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Friday, March 25, 2022
Following a recent viewing of “The Day After,” the 1983 film depicting the destruction of Kansas City by nuclear attack, a reader wondered if the city...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Throughout March, the Library commemorates Women's History Month by lifting up stories, achievements, and experiences past and present. Explore book r...
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Friday, February 25, 2022
A reader recalling her mother’s experience as a nurse during the integration of Kansas City’s hospital system in the 1950s, asked “What’s Your KCQ?” —...
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Do you know the story of how KC became a barbecue hub?...
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Five years before the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education, Corinthian Nutter worked with Black parents in Merriam to sue the district, and wo...
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Founded in the late 19th century, this all-Black township offered free Black people a level of agency and freedom many had only dreamed of....
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Monday, February 14, 2022
Students asked The Star about the role youth played in Kansas City’s Civil Rights Movement. This Black History Month for KCQ, we look back to the stud...
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Thursday, February 10, 2022
If archival items can be called juicy, the Folly Theater Collection...
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Friday, February 4, 2022
Sometimes, “What’s Your KCQ?” gets more than one question on the same topic. That’s the case this week. A reader asked how “a small Black neighborhood...
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Friday, January 28, 2022
A reader recently came across a Twitter post showing the evolution of Kansas City’s municipal seal over time. Two of the three emblems seemed self-exp...