North-East Library opens late at noon on Friday, June 28.
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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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Tuesday, February 22, 2022
The Kansas City Public Library is involved in many projects to serve local community members through digital inclusion services. For example, our job...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Nobody talks trash like libraries. That’s too bad, really. Look at the gentle back-and-forth on Twitter between Los Angeles’ and Cincinnati’s pub...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022
It’s medals season! Of course we’re talking more about literature than luge, and our preferred sport is curling up with good books. No matter if you’r...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022
In today’s interconnected world, access to information and resources opens doors to opportunity. And there are few keys more powerful than a library c...
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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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Tuesday, February 8, 2022
The Kansas City-based Maya Angelou Book Award is open for submissions. Now in its second year, the award aims to honor Angelou’s lega...