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
There was animated debate in the Council Chamber before the discussions began to members taken aback by the lack of notice from the u. S. In calling for this public debate the u. S. Ambassador adamant that it was essential iran be called to account if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry we will finally answer the Iranian Regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do russia had vehemently opposed what it saw as an unacceptable intervention in irans internal affairs but also argued that the u. S. Had another motive in pushing for this meeting. Used to mean put up the real reason for convening today is not to protect human rights or promote the interests of the iranian people but rather a veiled attempt to continue to undermine the Iranian Nuclear agreement would have an agreement that the french ambassador maintained in his speech was crucial also distancing himself from the u. S. Decision to call these discussions wi