A group seeking to change the name of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard back to The Paseo staged a silent protest Sunday at a rally of their opponents at a Kansas City church. The protest occurred ...

Voters in Kansas City decided by a wide margin on Tuesday to change a street back to its original name after the City Council voted in January to name it in honor of the late civil rights hero ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Voters approved changing the name back to The Paseo to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard last November. Signs just started coming down again Saturday. One parks commiss… ...

Kansas City voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved removing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s name from one of the city's most historic boulevards, less than a year after the City Council decided to ...

He said the protesters were welcome, but he asked them to consider the damage that would be done if Kansas City removed King's name. "I am standing here simply begging you to sit down.

Voters in Kansas City will decide Tuesday whether a major boulevard will continue to be named for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. less than a year after the 10-mile road was renamed in his honor.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Many have compared the protests from this week to the last time so many protesters took to the streets of Kansas City. The year was 1968, just days after the assassination … ...

Protests over the death of George Floyd started in Kansas City just days after his killing. Participants in the 1968 race riots said they see the parallels between now and then.

The Kansas City Star apologized for failing generations of Black people over its 140-year history. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Star reporter Mara Rose Williams and editor Mike Fannin.