Kansas

Hunt is on for local black history

CHRISTINA M. WOODS, Wichita Eagle – Documenting the city’s African-American community from 1945 to 1958 will send Wichitan Galyn Vesey on a historical treasure hunt that could span the next three years. Vesey, an instructor at Bethel College, said he’s passionate about the project because there’s little documentation of the city’s black residents during the [...]

Wichita NAACP calls for the termination of officers overheard making racist remarks

- As recently reported, the Wichita Police department has suspended three officers for making a series of Racist and Reprehensible comments which were overheard and reported by a neighbor. These types of comments undermine the public trust and are indicative of an underlying hostility towards one of the very communities the Officers are sworn to [...]

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