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Sotterley descendent to discuss new book

James Barber has had a connection to Historic Sotterley all of his life and that bond has become even stronger lately. Barber and co-author David G. Brown released “The Barber

Inside Metro Boomin Day When St. Louis Recognized the Producer

Metro Boomin looks back on his hometown's Metro Boomin Day, on which he got the key to the city and his mother, Leslie Joanne, was recognized

A 116-year-old memorial was stolen from, then returned to, a historic Black church in Parkville

On Jan. 21, Washington Chapel C.M.E. Church was broken into and a piece of a memorial stained glass window removed. The church was built in 1907 by formerly enslaved families in Parkville, Missouri.

Town Hall discusses black history in Milford

Kansas City's Ties to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Tracing Kansas City’s Ties to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Next Week Share this story Published 2 hours ago Above image credit: The ruins of Black Wall Street after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. (Courtesy | Library of Congress) Last October an Oklahoma forensic team found 12 unmarked coffins containing human remains in a Tulsa cemetery. What investigators called a “mass grave” represented evidence of what witnesses had described almost a century ago – that victims of what often is considered the worst incident of racial violence in American history had been buried together without any stone or memorial marking the spot.  The discovery also meant 21