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Title Page, Preface, Table of Contents, List of Tables and Figures, Introduction, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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Title Page – pages i-ia, Preface – pages ii-iv, Table of Contents – pages v-xiv, List of Tables and Figures – pages xv-xvi, Introduction – pages 1-28 (Typed Manuscript, 45 pages).

Dates: undated

Chapter One: Background to Violence, undated

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Pages 29-82 (Typed Manuscript, 61 pages).

Dates: undated

Chapter Two: The Swope Park Prelude, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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Incident at Swope Park, page 83/Riot Control Training, page 91/Comparison of 1967 and 1968 Rumors, page 92) – pages 83-103 (Typed Manuscript, 21pages)

Dates: undated

Chapter Three: The Preliminary Incidents, April 4, 1968 - April 8, 1968

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Juvenile Court, page 104/April 4, Thursday, page 105/April 5, Friday, page 107/April 6, Saturday, page 115/April 7, Sunday, page 119/April 8, Monday, page 121) – pages 104-126 (Typed Manuscript, 23 pages)

Dates: April 4, 1968 - April 8, 1968

Chapter Four: The High School Marches, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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Pages 127-162 (Typed Manuscript, 36 pages).

Dates: undated

Chapter Five: The Steps of City Hall, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
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Pages 163-205 (Typed Manuscript, 43 pages), pages 192-194 relate the story of Father Warner and Father Fly in Photographs [105, 113, 114, 119, 124, 126, 127, 128, and 130].

Dates: undated

Chapter Six: The Dance at Holy Name Church, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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Pages 206-219 (Typed Manuscript, 14 pages).

Dates: undated

Chapter Seven: Afternoon and Evening of the Ninth, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
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Car Caravans, page 220/Making the Decision to Hold School, page 224/Buses as Targets, page 227/Resident’s Diary, page 229/Property Damage, page 232/Television Program, page 234/Looting, page 236/Decision to Set Curfew, page 239/M.I.C.A.’s Role, page 241/Crowds and More Looting, page 246/National Guard is Sent in, page 249/Police Shoot Looters, page 252) – pages 220-257 (Typed Manuscript, 38 pages).

Dates: undated

Chapter Eight: Lincoln High School, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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Records from Police Tapes, page 259/Police, Student and Teacher Version, page 265/Behavior at Other Schools, page 282/Aftermath at Lincoln High, page 283/Students Leave Stadium, page 286/Further Behavior at Other Schools that Day, page 290/School Board Meeting, page 292/In Other Parts of the City, page 293) – pages 258-297 (Typed Manuscript, 40 pages).

Dates: undated

Chapter Nine: Events of Wednesday Afternoon and Evening, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
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Late Curfew Announcement, page 298/Rumors and Reports, page 300/Rock and Bottle Throwing, page 302/Events Without Pattern, page 303/Radio Code Numbers Confused, page 305/Students Gather at Stadium, page 306/Restaurant Meeting, page 313/Scattered Incidents, page 315) – pages 298-316 (Typed Manuscript, 19 pages)

Dates: undated

Chapter Ten: Peak of Violence: The Byron Hotel, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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Hotel (The Byron Hotel Scene, page 317/A Witness Account, page 334) – pages 317-337 (Typed Manuscript, 21 pages)

Dates: undated

Chapter Eleven: Night of Fires, undated

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The Last Fatality, page 338/Fires and Sniping, page 339/Shots Fired From Cars, page 352) – pages 338-354 (Typed Manuscript, 17 pages).

Dates: undated

Chapter Twelve: City Under Control, undated

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The Governor Arrives, page 355/Rumors Persist, page 358/Official City Response, page 361/Out on the Streets, page 365/Armed Men in Abundance, page 377/Crowds – Reverent and Curious, page 381/Minor Inconveniences of the Riot, page 383/Fires, Threats of Fire and Fire-Bombing, page 385/Fewer Caravans, page 391/Fewer Looters and Prowlers, page 392/Dealing with Curfew Violators, page 396/Returning to Normal Operations, page 397) – pages 355-397 (Typed Manuscript, 43 pages)

Dates: undated

Chapter Thirteen: Tapering Off, undated

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Suspicious Vehicles, page 398/Gunshots, page 399/Carrying Weapons, page 408/Looting and Prowlers, page 413/Fires, page 419/Inspection Stops, page 424/Rock Throwing, page 427/Care-Taking Logistics, page 428/Brutality Complaint, page 432/Comparison with Other Cities, page 436/ Fair Housing Action, page 436) – pages 398-437 (Typed Manuscript, 40 pages).

Dates: undated

Chapter Fourteen: The Curfew Lifted, April 14, 1968

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Gunshots, page 438/Armed Persons, page 441/Prowlers and Looters, page 444/Crowds, page 450/Domestic Calls, page 452/Fire Bombing, page 455/Police Frustrations, page 457/April 14th, page 463) – pages 438-471 (Typed Manuscript, 34 pages)

Dates: April 14, 1968

Chapter Fifteen: Immediate Aftermath, undated

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Damages, page 473/Arrests, page 476/Assignment of Black Officers, page 478/Public Protests and Praises, page 478/Public Defenses and Remedies, page 506/The Coordination of Agencies, page 516/The Mayor’s Riot Commission, page 524/The State vs. City Schism, page 541/The Polarization of Attitudes, page 544/The Pride of Kansas City, Kansas, page 547) – pages 472-551 (Typed Manuscript, 80 pages)

Dates: undated

Chapter Sixteen: Long Term Aftermath, undated

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Scope and Contents Part I – Conditions, page 552/A – Human Relations and Public Accommodations, page 553/1 – City Department of Human Relations, page 554/2 – Jackson County Civil Rights Commission, page 556 a/3 – The Missouri Human Rights Commission, page 557/B – Housing, page 561/C – Employment, page 564/D – School Segregation, page 572/E – Police-Community Relations; 1 – Office of Citizen Complaints, page 578/Part II – Social Changes and Failures of Social Change; A – Rise of Black Youth Organizations, page...
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Chapter Seventeen: Conclusions, undated

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Scope and Contents Part I – The Kansas City Riot as a Specimen; A – Classification; 1 – Phases, page 637/B – Immediate Causes, page 643/1 – The Assassination of Martin Luther King; 2 – The Decision to Hold School, page 644/3 – Police Response, page 646/4 – Summary, page 648/Part II – Theoretical Implications, page 649/A – The Riot as a Conversion Experience, page 650/C – The Function of Conflict in the Riot, page 655/D – The Response to Western Civilization, page 659/E – More Dangerous Games Than Riots, page...
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References, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
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Pages 672-681 (Typed Manuscript, 10 pages).

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Appendix A: Caravans of Cars, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
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Pages 684-687 [there are no pages 682 and 683] (Typed Manuscript, 4 pages).

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Appendix B: The Law Regarding Civil Disturbances, undated

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Pages 688-702 (Typed Manuscript, 15 pages)

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Appendix C: Arrest Data, undated

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Pages 703-708 (Typed Manuscript, 6 pages)

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Appendix E: Report from the City Manager on the Economic Implications of the Civil Disorder in Kansas City, March 28, 1968 - October 16, 1970

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
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Pages 749-767 (Typed Manuscript, photocopied, 19 pages); Appendix F: Letter from Robert W. MacNeven to Mr. James A Hazlett, March 28, 1968 – pages 768-769 (Typed Manuscript, photocopied, 2 pages); Appendix G: Sixteenth Annual Report on the Progress of Desegregation in the Kansas City Public Schools, October 16, 1970 – pages 770-775 (Typed Manuscript, 7 pages)

Dates: March 28, 1968 - October 16, 1970

Footnotes, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
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Pages 776-790 (Typed Manuscript, 18 pages).

Dates: undated