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Title
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Kansas City Police Department
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Description
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File contains one newspaper from the 1950s and several from the 1960s about various issues relating to the local police and civil rights. These range from police brutality to civil disobedience, racial views, and use of police dogs. There are several photographs included among the article photocopies. The newspapers include the Kansas City Call, The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Kansan, and The Kansas City Times.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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East Patrol Campus Officially Named for Leon Jordan
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Description
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Article announces that the Kansas City City Council has voted 12-0 to name the new East Patrol campus in honor the memory of civil rights leader Leon M. Jordan. The author states that Kansas City Police facilities are usually named for their geographic location, but that Councilman Jermaine Reed recommended a compromise in which the entire campus would be named after Jordan but the station itself still being known as East Patrol.
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Date
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2014-12-19
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The materials within the KCPL Reference Hard to Find (HTF) Collection were compiled by Kansas City Public Library reference librarians and staff members to provide an easy to access source of information concerning topics of local and regional interest. The collection primarily consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets, brochures, other forms of printed material, and typed notecards.
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Date
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1980/2005
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
