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Kansas City became one of 37 cities in the United States to be the subject of rioting after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The rioting in Kansas City did not erupt on April 4, like other cities of the United States affected directly by the assassination, but rather on April 9 after local events within the city. [4] [5]
City leaders and organizations met Friday at a symposium to discuss solutions to ongoing violence in Kansas City. A community forum for the public is scheduled Saturday.
Entrance of Stop The Killing KC headquarters building, October 2012. Stop The Killing KC is a community improvement organization in Kansas City, Missouri patterned after "stop the violence/stop the killing" movements in other large American cities, urged since 1985 by Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam movement, [1] and drawing on lessons learned in past decades by many other ...
Kansas City: My kid went to college in Kansas City and still lives there. KC is a great town to be when the Chiefs are winning — which is always, apparently. Legacy: Patrick Mahomes looks young ...
The Kansas City Public Library has received numerous awards and acknowledgements, including these: Library Journal gave KCPL a five star rating in 2013, 2016, and 2018 as one of 10 libraries earning five stars among 127 libraries with budgets between $10 million and $30 million, focused on circulation, digital circulation, library visits ...
Melesa Johnson, the director of public safety for Kansas City, who is also a candidate seeking to be elected Jackson County prosecutor later this year, pointed to the examples of targeted violence ...
Last year, Kansas City, Missouri, suffered the second-highest number of homicides in the city’s history, recording 157. Here is a timeline of the violence over the past week across the metro ...
October 12, 1968: Equatorial Guinea becomes world's newest nation October 11–22, 1968: Apollo 7 launched with Eisele, Schirra and Cunningham October 12, 1968: Summer Olympics open in Mexico City, 10 days after protesters massacred October 18, 1968: Bob Beamon shatters long jump record October 16, 1968: U.S. Olympians Carlos and Smith protest during U.S. anthem