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 or offered a bad home loan than equally qualified whites. 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 won. Racism in Kansas City; in the end; offers readers a hopeful message: with awareness comes understanding; then a willingness to push for positive social change. To contact the author for speaking engagements or to purchase bulk orders at a discount rate; please email chandlerlakebooks@gmail.com.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Excellent and well-documented accountBy Swannee HerrmannGood read. I'm a scientist (physicist) myself and found this account fascinating. Mr. Haslam seems to have been uniquely positioned to do the research and write this book. I appreciate the footnotes and sources; as well as his understated writing style. A sober narrative; not sensationalist; but disturbing in its implications. Read it with "Me and Lee" by Judyth Vary Baker.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A Real Page-Turner!By Violet BunnyThis well-written book is a real page-turner. It reads almost like a spy novel; in fact. I'm convinced the "cancer virus" developed by the doctors/scientists involved in the project actually turns out to be AIDS. A gripping thriller by an author whose father knew Dr Ochsner personally.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Some of what I've found in my journey through the Rabbit hole of DiscoveryBy James McDonaldMost strongly recommended to ID State Crimes!I enjoyed reading this publication; not so much for the horrible things I've learned about some elements that my government is responsible for; rather to hold them accountable. It has to happen for this country to heal.This was one of the very first publications I ordered read specifically regarding JFK and the reported events associated with his tragic murder and his legacy (My history order reflects I got Dr Mary's Monkey in September 2012). My specific goals in reading this work are stated elsewhere; but I wanted to point out that I walked into this nasty mess somewhat "fresh and without preconscious interference" in that I don't qualify myself as a JFK assassination researcher in the least bit. This does not negate the fact that for most of my adult life I've been aware or assumed that what's been presented via Mass Media just didn't make sense; but it was just too much and too conflicting for me to look until a few months after I retied from the USN when about 90 days later ("One of the Hollywood studio lights" fell next to me...but the "Sweep Up Team" failed to pick up all of the broken pieces); I watched how the MSM presented Katrina. (Side bar; I watched the The Truman Show for the first time about a year ago)I'm aware that the fuel to feed the thesis for this engine (Dr. Mary's Monkey:...) is in conflict for some and I respect and appreciate most of the apposing view points where as it helps me to better articulate my own understanding and as necessary; modify or outright change my mind. It would be foolish to refuse additional info but I admit; I am not above presenting the human elements of cognitive dissonance but I've started to learn that the best way to minimize this conflict is to apply Occam's Razor. Regretfully this concept can be abused if you don't have all the info in the first place and this is where Edward T. Haslam and his outstanding work comes into play. I most strongly recommend this astonishing publication. I've taken a couple of years to look into what my Government has done/allowed. Bottom line; regardless of what you might think; not one government official within a leadership role was held legally or morally accountable back in 1963. My growing list of reviews validates this to me personally.I am aware that outlandish statements require more than just a few dump trucks of evidence. It's not possible and my example are the images we've all seen with our brothers and sisters guarding the poppies fields overseas all while we have a different armed force here in the United States guarding the ones who are the consumers of what is being produced over there in the first place. Additional academically presented info about this can be found in the The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade by Alfred W. McCoy.Conspiracy Theory in America (Discovering America)Me Lee: How I Came to Know; Love and Lose Lee Harvey OswaldDavid Ferrie: Mafia Pilot; Participant in Anti-Castro Bioweapon Plot; Friend of Lee Harvey Oswald and Key to the JFK AssassinationA Nation Betrayed: Secret Cold War Experiments Performed on our Children and Other Innocent People[Annotated]Into The Buzzsaw: LEADING JOURNALISTS EXPOSE THE MYTH OF A FREE PRESSJFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It MattersDr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombAIDS; Opium; Diamonds; and EmpireAccessories After the Fact: The Warren Commission; the Authorities the Report on the JFK AssassinationAmerican Heart of Darkness: Volume I: The Transformation of the American Republic into a Pathocracy (Volume 1)
