Graduated in and we had all of 1969. The things the other cities had the panthers, the civil rights movement, the sexual revolution, the drug culture, the antivietnam phase. Everything was here. All at one time. One thing i learned about kansas city at that point time was we tended to be softer on all of issues than others. Our riots were not as vast. We came together to put those out and we moved forward. We learned how to get along with each other although in my opinion, we still remain too segregated. We have to do more to bring our people together across color barriers, and we are working on that seriously. But the things that i remember are the things i grew up with, growing up in a time in the city where there was a lot of conflict and watching how the city has dealt with that conflict in a way that kept it together without falling apart and moving forward. Baseball museum, his stork 18th and fine in kansas city, missouri. Here we document the story of black baseball in america i
It is 480,000 people spread across those 318 square miles for a density of about 1,460 per mile, which is pretty sparse when you get right down to it. Were roughly, 29, 30 African American. About 11 latino, 5 various mixes of immigrants and various cultures there. The rest caucasian. Kansas city has variety of neighborhoods. It has an extremely sophisticated purpose and culture. Things that people might not expect. We have tremendous sports teams. We have great art. Its a place of variety and a place of music and barbecue. One thing i can tell you as a mayor is that all cities have similar problems. We have issues that we have to deal with crime. Just like everybody else, too many guns on the street, too much gun violence, too many homicides. We have to deal with that. By educating kids. Because one thing we know is that seldom do you have ph. Ds shooting each other on street corners. You have people who are undereducated and therefore have fewer options who feel hopeless. And when you
Across those 318 square miles for a density of about 1,460 per mile, which is pretty sparse when you get right down to it. Were roughly, 29, 30 African American. About 11 latino, 5 various mixes of immigrants and various cultures there. The rest caucasian. Kansas city has variety of neighborhoods. It has an extremely sophisticated purpose and culture. Things that people might not expect. We have tremendous sports teams. We have great art. Its a place of variety and a place of music and barbecue. One thing i can tell you as a mayor is that all cities have similar problems. We have issues that we have to deal with crime. Just like everybody else, too many guns on the street, too much gun violence, too many homicides. We have to deal with that. By educating kids. Because one thing we know is that seldom do you have ph. Ds shooting each other on street corners. You have people who are undereducated and therefore have fewer options who feel hopeless. And when you feel hopeless, you feel ang
For a density of about 1,460 per mile, which is pretty sparse when you get right down to it. Were roughly, 29, 30 African American. About 11 latino, 5 various mixes of immigrants and various cultures there. The rest caucasian. Kansas city has variety of neighborhoods. It has an extremely sophisticated purpose and culture. Things that people might not expect. We have tremendous sports teams. We have great art. Its a place of variety and a place of music and barbecue. One thing i can tell you as a mayor is that all cities have similar problems. We have issues that we have to deal with crime. Just like everybody else, too many guns on the street, too much gun violence, too many homicides. We have to deal with that. By educating kids. Because one thing we know is that seldom do you have ph. Ds shooting each other on street corners. You have people who are undereducated and therefore have fewer options who feel hopeless. And when you feel hopeless, you feel angry. And when you feel angry, y
Newspaper clippings documenting the history of organized crime in kansas city, from extortion, violence, syndicates, bootlegging, to the 26th year reign of the crime boss nick sabella, skimming casinos in las vegas, and bombing businesses. Whether we like it or not, organized crime is a part of our history. Moreover, it continues to capture our fascination as well as generate interest and new scholarship. Last year, the special Collections Department acquired a piece of our mafia passed when the organized crime files of the Kansas City Star work donated by former reporter mike mcgraw. These contain photos, notes, and reports on local mafia members and provide a glimpse of how reporters investigated the mob during its heyday. A story about the collection was featured in kcpts digital magazine, which included a short interview with retired fbi agent ouseley. They take a closer look at the gangland past. Mr. Ouseley is an authority on the kansas city gangland past. He spent two decades pr