A Wichita bar is contributing to efforts to save the Chicago home of a legendary leader of The Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton, who was assassinated by the FBI and […]
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Black Female Democrats Call for Changes in Party
Insurgent Democratic women running for Congress are pushing the party to rethink its approach to politics if they retake control of Capitol Hill in the fall. At the annual meeting […]
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UPDATE: KC’s Brandy Palacios Competes for Mrs. America
Last month, we brought you the story of Dr. Brandy Palacios, the Kansas City native who holds the title of Mrs. Missouri 2018. She competed for the Mrs. America title […]
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Kobach’s Racist Connections Dog His Campaign for KS Governor
Kris Kobach lost his 2004 bid for Congress to Democrat Dennis Moore by a hefty margin — nearly 12 percentage points in a district that went Republican a few years […]
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Protesters Honored 60 Years After Wichita’s Dockum Drugstore Sit-In
In recognition of the 60th Anniversary of what has now been officially recognized as the first successful lunch counter sit-in in America, Wichitans gathered to honor participants of the Dockum […]
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2018 Melanin Fest Schedule
Friday August 31, 2018 Movie Viewing, Panel Discussion WSU Campus, CAC Theater, 7 p.m. Movie Viewing, Panel Discussion The weeekend kicks off with a culturally invigorating movie screening followed by […]
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Miss Black America Was a Good Fit for KC
After a week off beautiful ladies in Kansas City, certain there’s at least a large group of men, who hope to see the pageant return. But the benefits of drawing […]
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Ex-Felons Have Tool to Restore Their Voting Rights
A first-of-its-kind online tool has been released at RestoreYourVote.org to help as many as 23 million citizens with past felony convictions understand their voting rights in all 50 states and […]
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ACLU Hotline Fields 120 Calls for Election Day
The ACLU was able to help resolve the 120 election-day calls received on their hotline during the Kansas primary, One caller to the Election Protection hotline during Tuesday’s primary election […]