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The decisions President Harry S. Truman made three-quarters of a century ago – and the example he set – continue to shape the country, speakers at a Truman virtual event said.
“He really is still very much a living presence in Washington, D.C.,” said Chris Wallace, a Fox News journalist and author of the recent book “Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World.”
Wallace spoke Thursday night at the annual Wild About Harry event, a fundraiser for the Truman Library Institute. The event raised $630,415. The institute is a private non-profit that promotes and supports the work of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence.
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A Missouri man reportedly called Congressman Emanuel Cleaver’s (pictured) Independence, Missouri office, used a racial slur, and said, “How about a noose … around his neck?”
Prosecutors allege Kenneth R. Hubert, 63, of Marionville, Missouri made the threats. He was subsequently charged for threatening to assault and kill Cleaver, a U.S. House Democrat representing the Kansas City area. The Justice Department announced last week that Hubert called in on January 7 with the “intent to impede, intimidate and interfere.”
According to
the Kansas City Star, prosecutors alleged on Jan. 6, a voicemail from Hubert allegedly said, “You motherf s better stay in hiding. Steal the election, we got something for you.”
Updated: 9:33 AM CST Mar 8, 2021 Bianca Beltrán KMBC 9 News Reporter Rafaela “Lali” Garcia has long been an activist in Kansas City’s Latino community.Her work earned her a number of awards and recognitions over the years including the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the KC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and a spot on Ingram’s list of Kansas City’s power elite in 1993 and 1994. Before Garcia became a trailblazer for the Latino community, she faced discrimination as a young woman. She shared her experiences with KMBC9 News reporter Bianca Beltrán.“We used to stay with my grandmother in Kansas City, Kansas and there was a movie house there and every Wednesday she’d love the cowboys so we’d take her to see the cowboy movies so but there was only two rows in the back that was for Mexicans and if there were Black they had to go sit upstairs. Discrimination in Kansas City, Kansas was real bad, really bad.”She saw discrimination in schoo