Black poets and writers celebrated in Kansas City, Missouri
Poets and other writers read their work Thursday night at ‘A Nation in Exile’ event at 21c Museum at the Kansas City Hotel.
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Poets and other writers read their work Thursday night at ‘A Nation in Exile’ event at 21c Museum at the Kansas City Hotel.
The Beacon Debris litters the lot adjacent to A Splash of Life, located on the corner of 43rd Street and Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. It's been classified as a dangerous building since 2008, for issues that include an unsafe building structure and codes violations. A Beacon investigation into Kansas City's 363 listed dangerous buildings reveals a convoluted and confounding system missing one thing: accountability. The Splash of Life building, located on the corner of 43rd Street and Troost Avenue, is painted a hue of bubblegum pink with purple trimming. The windows on its wester...