The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
It was 126 years ago that real estate tycoon Thomas H. Swope donated the land to the city. A follow-up KCQ questioner wonders: What inspired his ge...
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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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Monday, March 14, 2022
One more step toward normal, or new-normal, operations … Beginning...
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022
The Library is entering another chapter in the resumption of many of our important community services and programs. Beginning Monday, March 7,...
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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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Thursday, February 24, 2022
It’s great to have you here with us … We’ve waited two yea...
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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....