Author: University of Missouri
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
100 Things to Do in Kansas City Before You Die
Author: Traci Angel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781935806899
Category : Kansas City (Kan.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Kansas City is on the rise. That's the vibe around the metropolitan area and this book shows you just where to find what's happening in this Midwestern crossroads filled with fascinating places and experiences. You've heard about the barbecue and jazz - two traditions that still define the area, but this guide takes you to places where the locals hang. It also includes insider tips and secrets along the way. We share with you the culinary joys of eating in a gas station, how to uncover the city's gangster past and where to go to make your own sausage. And that's just the beginning. 100 Things to do in Kansas City Before You Die mixes eclectic with family-friendly venues, iconic Kansas City stops along with places that honor the diversity of people who have called the area home. Whether you grew up here or just visiting you are sure this book will take you to places that will amuse you, entertain you and make you think.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781935806899
Category : Kansas City (Kan.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Kansas City is on the rise. That's the vibe around the metropolitan area and this book shows you just where to find what's happening in this Midwestern crossroads filled with fascinating places and experiences. You've heard about the barbecue and jazz - two traditions that still define the area, but this guide takes you to places where the locals hang. It also includes insider tips and secrets along the way. We share with you the culinary joys of eating in a gas station, how to uncover the city's gangster past and where to go to make your own sausage. And that's just the beginning. 100 Things to do in Kansas City Before You Die mixes eclectic with family-friendly venues, iconic Kansas City stops along with places that honor the diversity of people who have called the area home. Whether you grew up here or just visiting you are sure this book will take you to places that will amuse you, entertain you and make you think.
Racism in Kansas City
Author: G. S. Griffin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781943338023
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
RACISM IN KANSAS CITY: A SHORT HISTORY BY G.S. GRIFFIN FOREWORD BY ALVIN BROOKS Anti-black racism still infects American society. African Americans are more likely than whites to be killed by police, to be pulled over, arrested, imprisoned, and executed. They are more likely to be turned down for a job, to be underpaid, or offered a bad home loan than equally qualified whites. Racism's effects are tragic. The killing of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, Maryland, triggered riots. A white terrorist massacred black worshipers in Charleston, South Carolina. Eight black churches were burned in the South in ten days. Kansas Citians, like so many others across the nation, wonder, "Could it happen here?" The answer lies in this study of Kansas City's darkest moments-slavery, the border war, the Civil War, bombings of black homes, lynchings, the segregation of neighborhoods and schools, the civil rights struggle, the Black Panther movement, the 1968 race riot, assassinations in the 1970s, the infamous Missouri v. Jenkins U.S. Supreme Court case, and the racial inequities that still plague Kansas City today. Threaded throughout Racism in Kansas City are stories of those who fought ardently against racist policies...and sometimes won. Racism in Kansas City, in the end, offers readers a hopeful message: with awareness comes understanding and then change.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781943338023
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
RACISM IN KANSAS CITY: A SHORT HISTORY BY G.S. GRIFFIN FOREWORD BY ALVIN BROOKS Anti-black racism still infects American society. African Americans are more likely than whites to be killed by police, to be pulled over, arrested, imprisoned, and executed. They are more likely to be turned down for a job, to be underpaid, or offered a bad home loan than equally qualified whites. Racism's effects are tragic. The killing of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, Maryland, triggered riots. A white terrorist massacred black worshipers in Charleston, South Carolina. Eight black churches were burned in the South in ten days. Kansas Citians, like so many others across the nation, wonder, "Could it happen here?" The answer lies in this study of Kansas City's darkest moments-slavery, the border war, the Civil War, bombings of black homes, lynchings, the segregation of neighborhoods and schools, the civil rights struggle, the Black Panther movement, the 1968 race riot, assassinations in the 1970s, the infamous Missouri v. Jenkins U.S. Supreme Court case, and the racial inequities that still plague Kansas City today. Threaded throughout Racism in Kansas City are stories of those who fought ardently against racist policies...and sometimes won. Racism in Kansas City, in the end, offers readers a hopeful message: with awareness comes understanding and then change.
General Catalog
Author: University of Missouri
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Boo's Foster Homes and Beyond
Author: Joe Schrantz
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741423723
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741423723
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Nation's Energy Future
Author: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fuel trade
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Fuel trade
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Insiders' Guide® to Kansas City
Author: Katie Van Luchene
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762763388
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Your Travel Destination. Your Home. Your Home-To-Be. Kansas City World-class museums. Historic jazz clubs. Romantic cafes. Riverboat casinos. High-end cuisine. Down-home barbecues. • A personal, practical perspective for travelers and residents alike • Comprehensive listings of attractions, restaurants, and accommodations • How to live & thrive in the area—from recreation to relocation • Countless details on shopping, arts & entertainment, and children’s activities
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762763388
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Your Travel Destination. Your Home. Your Home-To-Be. Kansas City World-class museums. Historic jazz clubs. Romantic cafes. Riverboat casinos. High-end cuisine. Down-home barbecues. • A personal, practical perspective for travelers and residents alike • Comprehensive listings of attractions, restaurants, and accommodations • How to live & thrive in the area—from recreation to relocation • Countless details on shopping, arts & entertainment, and children’s activities
Blossom
Author: Nan Clark
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453570683
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
This is a very interesting true story about Hereford Show Heifers in SW Oklahoma. The heifers really existed. They were actual show heifers of the author's children. The names of the show heifers were the same in real life. All of the events told, from the shows to the travels actually happened in 1973, 1974 & 1975 and yes, the heifers really did win the shows like the story tells.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453570683
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
This is a very interesting true story about Hereford Show Heifers in SW Oklahoma. The heifers really existed. They were actual show heifers of the author's children. The names of the show heifers were the same in real life. All of the events told, from the shows to the travels actually happened in 1973, 1974 & 1975 and yes, the heifers really did win the shows like the story tells.
The Official Railway Guide
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
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The Manual of Statistics
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Is That All There Is?
Author: James Gavin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 145164180X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Praised by the New York Times Book Review as “fascinating, suspenseful, careful, musically detailed, and insightful,” this is a long-overdue biography of recording artist and musical legend Peggy Lee. Miss Peggy Lee cast a spell when she sang. She epitomized cool, but her trademark song, “Fever”—covered by Beyoncé and Madonna—is the essence of sizzling sexual heat. Her jazz sense dazzled Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, and Louis Armstrong. She was the voice of swing, the voice of blues, and she provided four of the voices for Walt Disney’s Lady and the Tramp, whose score she co-wrote. But who was the woman behind the Mona Lisa smile? With elegant writing and impeccable research, including interviews with hundreds who knew Lee, acclaimed music journalist James Gavin offers the most revealing look yet at an artist of infinite contradictions and layers. Lee was a North Dakota prairie girl who became a temptress of enduring mystique. She was a singer-songwriter before the term existed. Lee “had incredible confidence onstage,” observed the Godfather of Punk, Iggy Pop; yet inner turmoil wracked her. She spun a romantic nirvana in her songs, but couldn’t sustain one in reality. As she passed middle age, Lee dwelled increasingly in a bizarre dreamland. She died in 2002 at the age of eighty-one, but the enchantment with Lee has only grown. “Raucously entertaining [and] full of evocative scenes, wry humor and exasperated sympathy” (Publishers Weekly), Is That All There Is? paints a masterful portrait of an artist who redefined popular singing.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 145164180X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Praised by the New York Times Book Review as “fascinating, suspenseful, careful, musically detailed, and insightful,” this is a long-overdue biography of recording artist and musical legend Peggy Lee. Miss Peggy Lee cast a spell when she sang. She epitomized cool, but her trademark song, “Fever”—covered by Beyoncé and Madonna—is the essence of sizzling sexual heat. Her jazz sense dazzled Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, and Louis Armstrong. She was the voice of swing, the voice of blues, and she provided four of the voices for Walt Disney’s Lady and the Tramp, whose score she co-wrote. But who was the woman behind the Mona Lisa smile? With elegant writing and impeccable research, including interviews with hundreds who knew Lee, acclaimed music journalist James Gavin offers the most revealing look yet at an artist of infinite contradictions and layers. Lee was a North Dakota prairie girl who became a temptress of enduring mystique. She was a singer-songwriter before the term existed. Lee “had incredible confidence onstage,” observed the Godfather of Punk, Iggy Pop; yet inner turmoil wracked her. She spun a romantic nirvana in her songs, but couldn’t sustain one in reality. As she passed middle age, Lee dwelled increasingly in a bizarre dreamland. She died in 2002 at the age of eighty-one, but the enchantment with Lee has only grown. “Raucously entertaining [and] full of evocative scenes, wry humor and exasperated sympathy” (Publishers Weekly), Is That All There Is? paints a masterful portrait of an artist who redefined popular singing.