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How we’re uplifting the voices of 8 Black activists around Kansas City in new project
At the suggestion of a friend, I met with Johnny Waller late last year over coffee at Equal Minded Cafe,…
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Black Kansas City activists featured in KC Star Voices series
J.M. Banks, left, The Star’s culture and identity reporter, and Mara’ Rose Williams, assistant managing editor of race and equity,…
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How The Star has changed since ‘Truth in Black & White’
The Star published “The Truth in Black and White” in December 2020, apologizing for decades of poor coverage of Kansas…
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Kansas City business hopes to create affordable homes out of earthen blocks
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City business is working to make new housing more affordable and artful. Civic Saint…
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A longtime Kansas City journalist launched his own newspaper focused on the Black community | KCUR
Eric Wesson, who spent 20 years as editor and publisher of The Call, Kansas City’s historic Black newspaper, says he…
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Investment from former Chiefs linebacker expected to boost Kin Seltzer’s flow into KC
An investment from former Chiefs player Dezman Moses valued at $3 million is expected to help flood Kansas City with…
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Kansas City’s Black Pantry Expands To Include More Black Entrepreneurs: ‘We’ve Become A Trusted Space, Where It Feels Like Home’
The Black Pantry, founded by Brian Roberts, is an inclusive “premium brand shop” that serves as a resource to support Black…
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The 25 best cities for Black women to flourish financially
Where can Black women feel supported and flourish financially? When posed that question, Dr. Lori Martin, a professor of African…
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Black Pantry expands to Troost, setting a cornerstone for new Black business hub
A second location for the Black Pantry is about more than adding a “cool little gift shop” to Troost, said…
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Kansas City’s Black Pantry Expands To Include More Black Entrepreneurs: ‘We’ve Become A Trusted Space, Where It Feels Like Home’
The Black Pantry, founded by Brian Roberts, is an inclusive “premium brand shop” that serves as a resource to support Black…
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