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About the Show
Urban Connections conducts guest interviews covering issues effecting our local, national, international and global communities from a Black perspective. Subjects include current events, trends, history, education, economics, science, political science, health, race, law and more.
Historian, Chester C. Owens, Jr., joins local filmmaker and historian, Rochelle Donald, on historic Quindaro, Kansas, and other historic sites in Kansas City, Kansas.
Chester Owens is a community leader, statesman, civil activist, business professional, humanitarian, Kansas City historian and g
riot, in the West African tradition. Mr. Owens is a Sumner High School (Kansas City, KS) alumnus who actively collects articles and artifacts pertaining to African American history. He has donated items to help establish the Sumner High School Alumni Room, which is named in his honor.