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Civil rights organizations condemn KC mayor, issue vote of no confidence in city manager

A coalition of major civil rights organizations in Kansas City, including the NAACP-Missouri, National Black United Front-KC, Southern Christian Leadership Conference-KC, Urban League of Greater Kansas City, and Urban Summit issued a vote of no confidence in Kansas City’s city manager Thursday.

The coalition accused Brian Platt of racist, sexist, and discriminatory policies toward Black women and Black city workers.

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Reparative justice dominates conversation at 2021 Urban Summit Kansas City

The fight for Reparative Justice in Kansas City heated up at the fourteenth annual Urban Summit.

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Kansas City leaders call emergency meeting to address teacher’s alleged racial slur

Community leaders call what they refer to as an emergency town hall meeting to discuss racism at a Kansas City charter school.

The Urban League of Kansas City, Urban Summit, SCLC-KC, Councilwoman Melissa Robinson, and others organized the meeting...The community plans to discuss a high school teacher’s actions at University Academy. The teacher is accused of using the N-word in front of students multiple times last month. Someone recorded video of the teacher using the term.

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