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Title
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Pursuit of Truth: From Kansas City's Libraries, Alvin Sykes Plotted and Unlikely Course to Civil Rights History
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Description
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Booklet published by the Kansas City Public Library summarizing the community, civil rights, and legal activism of Alvin Sykes. The text covers Sykes' early life and passion for self-education through public libraries. His involvement in the 1980 murder case of jazz musician Steve Harvey at the Liberty Memorial is highlighted. Sykes' pursuit of a federal civil rights violation case against Harvey's accused killer, Raymond Bledsoe, after he was declared not guilty by an all white jury in Jackson County court is covered. Sykes' civil rights and legal activism following Bledsoe's conviction in 1983, including his involvement with the reexamination of the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, is also covered. The booklet contains an introduction by former Kansas City Public Library executive director R. Crosby Kemper III and concludes with a note from Sykes discussing his life's work.
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Date
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2014
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kansas City, Missouri, Public Library, 1873-1973: An Illustrated History
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Description
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A brief history of the Kansas City Public Library published at the time of its centennial in 1973. Chapters include: Formative Years, Reaching Outward, Expanding Services, Modern Era and Pathways to the Future. Appendices covering KCPL's chronology, its special collections and librarians are included.
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Date
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1973
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Object Type
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Book
