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Jack Johnson was one of the most famous people in the world in February 1912, having pummeled Jim Jeffries 19 months earlier in the “Fight of the Cent...

Stop by select Kansas City parks and visit with your Library for this year's Pop In at the Park summer series! We'll be popping up in...

Using the Library’s SHELF HELP service, Coach Read’s roster of MVP librarians can give you a personalized reading playbook, building...

Born 150 years ago in what was still officially the City of Kansas, Mattie Rhodes lived a quiet life that ended before she could accomplish anything t...

The Kansas City Public Library is launching the third installment in a continuing series of online classes for beginning and intermediate-level writer...

The February 2021 CYS zine is now available! It is packed with great new books for Black History Month and info on Winter Reading. (Kids can get a pri...

Each year, the Library partners with the Local Investment Commission (LINC) and the Black Archives of Mid-America to...

From classic literature to contemporary cinema, the Library offers a number of ways to discover stories celebrating the African American experience. A...