“Racism in Kansas City: A Short History is the most important must read book of 2015!!!”
~ Tony, blogger at Tony’s Kansas City
MEDIA COVERAGE & USE AS CITATION
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Tony’s Kansas City, August 3, 2015: http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2015/08/tkc-must-read-sneak-peak-racism-in.html
Tony’s Kansas City, September 26, 2015: http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2015/09/tkc-breaking-and-exclusive-news-short.html
The Kansas City Star, October 6, 2015: http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/ink/30-under-30/article38004186.html, reprinted from Ink Magazine’s “30 Under 30” series
Tony’s Kansas City, October 17, 2015: http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2015/10/tkc-breaking-and-exclusive-news-cowtown.html
KKFI 90.1, December 1, 2015: http://www.kkfi.org/program-episodes/racism-in-kansas-city-author-speaks-about-new-book-and-upcoming-event/
The Kansas City Star, January 6, 2016: http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/ink/life-in-kc/article53138405.html, reprinted from Ink Magazine cover story, January 5, 2016: http://inkkc.com/whats-new/53138405
Tony’s Kansas City, January 27, 2016: http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2016/01/tkc-must-read-racism-in-kansas-city.html
Hawk Roll Call Newsletter (Rockhurst University), March 21, 2016
Democratic Left Magazine (Democratic Socialists of America), Spring 2016: https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/files/sites/6/2018/12/DL_2016_V043_04.pdf
CBC News (Canada’s largest network), June 11, 2016: http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/brock-turner-mugshot-stanford-rape-case-images-sex-assault-1.3629147
Teacher 2 Teacher, June 27, 2016: https://www.teacher2teacher.education/2016/06/27/26-books-on-teachers-summer-reading-lists/
Missouri Historical Review (State Historical Society of Missouri), July 2016 (p. 309): https://digital.shsmo.org/digital/collection/mhr/id/58834/
“What Lies Beneath Health Equity in KCMO,” KCMO Public Health Connection, November 2016: https://www.kcmo.gov/home/showdocument?id=3479
Tony’s Kansas City, February 26, 2017: https://www.tonyskansascity.com/2017/02/coming-soon-kansas-city-racism-history.html?showComment=1488156199778
KKFI 90.1, March 16, 2017: http://www.kkfi.org/program-episodes/gs-griffin-racism-kc/
“Still Separate, Still Not Equal,” KCMO Public Health Connection, August 2017: https://www.kcmo.gov/home/showdocument?id=3473
The Kansas City Star, November 11, 2018: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article221388565.html
Freedom’s Racial Frontier, Herbert Ruffin and Dwayne Mack: shorturl.at/nzDX6
Dart News, November 27, 2018: https://dartnewsonline.com/84092/features/stas-land-history-2/
Kansas City v. Oakland, Matthew Ehrlich: shorturl.at/dho38
’69 Chiefs, Michael MacCambridge: shorturl.at/hnqO7
“From Jefferson to Banneker: The Intersection of Race, Demographic Change, and School Naming Practices in Kansas City’s Segregated School System, 1940-1953,” History of Education Quarterly, February 2019, shorturl.at/pJKS0
Op Ed News, September 15, 2019, https://www.opednews.com/articles/Review-of-G-S-Griffin-s-by-Kevin-Anthony-Stod-America_Fairness_Garbage_Health-190915-826.html
SCLC-GKC’s People Power in Motion (KPRT 1590AM and 106.1FM), December 14, 2019
The Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2019: http://journalofmultimodalrhetorics.com/4-1-issue-lambke
The Plug, March 5, 2020: https://www.theplugkcps.org/featured/town-halls-provide-a-forum-for-student-voices/
Creating the Suburban School Advantage, John Rury: shorturl.at/fmDTU
The Kansas City Star, June 26, 2020: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article243733447.html
KKFI 90.1 Jaws of Justice, August 17, 2020: https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/police-union-reform-and-racism-in-kc/
The Community Voice, August 20, 2020: https://www.communityvoiceks.com/lifestyles/home/kansas-city-s-greenline-initiative-works-to-end-redlining/article_adb755a2-e323-11ea-8e46-4fa8708d6ae0.html
Greenline Grows KC virtual benefit concert, August 28, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgnCB2iI46M
KCUR 89.3, November 19, 2020: https://www.kcur.org/news/2020-11-19/attitudes-may-have-changed-but-little-else-has-in-kansas-citys-race-relations
Blurb of praise on back cover, The Kansas City Boys Choir, Ralvell Rogers II: https://www.facebook.com/gsgriffinofficial/photos/pcb.1015363655596442/1015359142263560
The Kansas City Star, December 20, 2020: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article246722461.html
“Montessori Education in Kansas City, Missouri from 1988-2005,” American Educational History Journal, Fall 2021: https://www.academia.edu/49138490/Montessori_Education_in_Kansas_City_Missouri_from_1988_2005_Race_the_Dottoressa_and_the_Pink_Tower
This Place of Promise, Gary Kremer: shorturl.at/boO78
Parents Defending Education, February 15, 2022: https://defendinged.org/case-study/how-pembroke-hill-school-went-woke/
KCUR, April 3, 2022: https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2022-04-03/a-book-list-for-teens-who-refuse-to-be-told-what-they-cant-read
The Kansas City Star, July 24, 2022: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article263743813.html
SPEAKING EVENTS
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Phantoms of Kansas City Lecture Series, Uptown Arts Bar, December 3, 2015
Community of Reason, UMKC, February 28, 2016
Culturally Responsive Book Club (discussion), Ewing Marion Kauffman School, April 11, 2016
Alta Vista Middle School (co-panelist with Dr. Valerie Blackwell, UMKC), May 26, 2016
Crossroads Church of Kansas City, June 12, 2016
Race Project KC Educator Summit (discussion), Central Resource Library of Johnson County, June 29, 2016
Metropolitan Community College – Penn Valley, September 8, 2016
Black Archives of Mid-America – Kansas City, September 29, 2016
Rime Buddhist Center, November 2, 2016
Crosspoint Community Church, February 12, 2017
Prospero’s Books, February 28, 2017
Penn Valley Community College panel discussion (with Alvin Brooks, Tanner Colby, and Deborah Scott), April 20, 2017
Kansas City Oasis, May 14, 2017: https://soundcloud.com/oasisnetwork/089-garrett-griffin-racism-in-kc-book-talk
KC Teacher Residency Program, Park University downtown campus, June 15, 2017
Kansas City Oasis, October 8, 2017: https://soundcloud.com/oasisnetwork/118-racism-in-kansas-city-violence-then-and-now-garrett-griffin
Rockhurst University, February 6, 2018
KC Teacher Residency Program, Park University downtown campus, March 5, 2018
Green Door Book Store & Gift Shoppe (local authors open house), December 14, 2019
Green Door Book Store & Gift Shoppe, July 23, 2020
“Vital Conversations,” a program of the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council, November 11, 2020
“Courageous Conversations,” with the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey and HOK, December 7, 2020: https://www.facebook.com/kcfaa/videos/3587736354646516
St. Theresa’s Academy, December 9, 2020
American Institute of Architects KC Pillars Leadership Program, December 16, 2020
3rd Annual Truman Day Continuing Legal Education, May 7, 2021
“White Responsibility: A Conversation on Race & Faith in the Heartland,” with CRES and the Interfaith Center, May 16, 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sund6Reunbg
Hallmark Cards, November 10, 2021
St. Andrew Christian Church, March 6, 2022
Community Christian Church, a program of It’s Time 4 Justice KC, July 23, 2022
Metropolitan Community College – Penn Valley, September 15, 2022
OTHER MEDIA COVERAGE OF & LECTURES BY THE AUTHOR
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The Kansas City Star, August 27, 2017: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article169468537.html
Truthout, June 23, 2018: https://truthout.org/articles/capitalism-politics-and-immigration-a-tale-of-profitable-suffering/
Book Authority, “18 Best New Socialism Books to Read in 2020,” number 6, January 2020
KKFI 90.1 Heartland Labor Forum, June 4, 2020: https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/the-deficit-so-what-why-america-needs-socialism/ (minute 34:55)
Marion West, May 21, 2020: https://merionwest.com/2020/05/21/bhaskar-sunkaras-the-socialist-manifesto-and-understanding-millennial-socialism/
Zero Books, August 10, 2020: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AWngF5zw_Tc
Tony’s Kansas City, August 11, 2020: https://www.tonyskansascity.com/2020/08/kansas-city-activist-scribe-explains.html
KKFI 90.1 Radio Active Magazine, September 8, 2020
KC Studio Magazine, September 14, 2020: http://kcstudio.org/artist-to-watch-g-s-griffin/
Extinction Rebellion KC podcast, October 22, 2020: https://mortc.com/xrkccast/2-reform-or-revolution-or
Times Literary Supplement, October 23, 2020: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-nature-of-democratic-socialism-in-america-today-review-david-hutt/
KSHB, October 29, 2020: https://www.kshb.com/news/election-2020/election-guide/local-group-develops-app-to-offer-free-rides-on-election-day
The Beacon, October 31, 2020: https://thebeacon.media/stories/2020/10/31/transportation-can-be-a-barrier-for-some-kansas-city-voters-heres-how-to-get-to-the-polls/
KKFI 90.1 Jaws of Justice, December 21, 2020: https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/garrett-s-griffin-speaks-on-socialism-and-gregory-joseph-of-ncadp-speaks-against-the-death-penalty/
Democratic Left, January 11, 2021: https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/saving-martin-luther-king-jr-and-others-from-the-capitalist-memory-hole/
World Socialism, March 2021: https://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2020s/2021/no-1399-march-2021/book-reviews-145/
Vital Conversations, a program of the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council, May 12, 2021 (speaking event on socialism)
Kansas City Star, August 22, 2021: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-commentary/article253638658.html; https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=1ce78851-fef4-4f5d-b7a4-448618c1526c
Kansas City Oasis, August 7, 2022 (speaking event on socialism)
The Missouri Independent, November 1, 2022, https://missouriindependent.com/2022/11/01/st-louis-mayor-tishaura-jones-announces-opposition-to-missouri-marijuana-amendment/
LIBRARIES
(Libraries can receive free copies of this work; visit https://gsgriffin.com/follow to contact the author.)
Kansas City Public Library
Lawrence Public Library
University of Missouri Library System
Mid-Continent Public Library
Johnson County Public Library
Jackson County Historical Society Research Library
Rockhurst University Library
Missouri River Regional Library
Cass County Public Library
CLASSROOM USE
(Schools, organizations, and book clubs can purchase bulk orders at a discount rate; visit gsgriffin.com/follow to contact the author.)
Hickman Mills Freshman Center
Alta Vista Middle School
Metropolitan Community College – Penn Valley (Common Read recommended reading, 2016-2017)
UMKC: https://www.umkcbookstore.com/p-80803-nr-racism-in-kansas-city.aspx, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55a2c533e4b072e2b126c4fd/t/5dc795ade8290d7830e06540/1573361073637/EMS_TeachingPortfolio.pdf
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