How this Kansas City researcher is putting her faith in Black churches during COVID Lisa Gutierrez, The Kansas City Star
Feb. 28 Editor s note: During the month of February, in honor of Black History Month and the vibrant Black community in Kansas City, The Star will feature profiles of Black Kansas Citians by telling their stories and highlighting their businesses, causes, and passions.
She didn t need data to know who would suffer most from COVID-19.
Jannette Berkley-Patton, a professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, knew this new virus would pummel a population struggling with persistently high rates of heart disease, diabetes and other chronic illnesses.
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June 24, 2020As the journalism industry commits to doing better, though, we have to question what “better” actually looks like. When The Kansas City Star examined its archives dating back to the 1800s, “reporters were frequently sickened by what they found,” the paper noted in an editorial. It’s safe to assume, however, that at the time journalists
thought they were doing a good job.
In fact, my latest published research shows journalists
still think they’re doing a good job, even when it comes to coverage of racial justice protests, and even though studies that I and others have done repeatedly show that mainstream media tend to delegitimize protesters and their causes especially anti-racism protests, which fall to the bottom of what my colleague Danielle Kilgo and I refer to as a
The Black church has never just been a church.
Since its beginnings on the American plantation, the Black church has served as a social hall, sanctuary and command center for social change.
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Rather than balk at the mention of politics from the pulpit, the Black church has a tendency to grab politics by the horns and steer it in the direction of progress for its people.
In April 1964, a Kansas City ordinance was proposed that would desegregate taverns, retail shops and other public spaces. Although the New York Times described it as “moderate” at the time, there was still a sizable backlash from white Kansas City residents.
Woman born at Wheatley-Provident Hospital recalls its impact on Black community
Wheatley-Provident Hospital was the first to have all Black doctors, nurses and administrators.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â The first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City still stands in the 18th and Vine District.
Dr. John Edward Perry created the Wheatley-Provident Hospital in 1916 for African Americans, providing not only employment for Black doctors and nurses, but also health care for the Black community in Kansas City.
The hospital operated for more than 50 years, ending operations in 1972.
Many people born in the hospital are still alive to this day. One of those people is Marceline Cooley, born at the Wheatley in 1938.