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Taped Interview with Ron Horn (Typed Manuscript, 21 pages). Hall was a staff member of MICA (Metropolitan Inter-Church Agency) at the time of the Uprising. This interview chronicles his involvement with MICA’s Communication Center during the first days of the Uprising.

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Notes from an interview (Handwritten Manuscript, 5 pages). Hazlett was the Superintendent of the Kansas City School District at the time of the Uprising. These notes chronicle the decisions made by the school board regarding whether or not to close the schools for Dr. Martin Luther King’s funeral and subsequent days of unrest.

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Interview with Kenneth King, (Typed Manuscript, 13 pages). He discusses the development of his political ideologies over time, the formation of the Black Committee of 20 along with Bernard Powell and Lee Bohannon, and how the Uprising affected both. At the time of the Uprising, Hinch was under Federal indictment for refusing induction into the Armed Forces in the Vietnam War. His trial, set for some time in April, was postponed for 30 days because of the Uprising.

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Notes from an interview with Ron Horn, (Typed Manuscript, 1 page). These brief notes recollect the decision-making process regarding whether or not to close the schools on April 8 and 9. This is likely Harold L. Holliday, Sr. (1918-1985), the first African-American graduate (’52) of what later became the UMKC School of Law and member of the Missouri House of Representatives. He was heavily involved in civil rights activism in Kansas City throughout his life.

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Taped interview with Ron Horn (Typed Manuscript, 12 pages). Johnson discusses his response to Dr. King’s assassination, and his return to Kansas City after the Uprising had already begun.

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Official statement to the FBI, (Typed Manuscript, photocopied, 21 pages). Johnson was the President of the Kansas City Chapter of the NAACP at the time of the Uprising. This transcribed statement contains a thorough account of the student march from Lincoln High School to Central High School through the events at City Hall, which Johnson was helping to lead. He discusses meetings held by community members to address issues related to the Uprisings.

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Taped Interview with Robert Bechtel, (Typed Manuscript, 29 pages). This is a separate interview covering Johnson’s account of the Uprising. Along with this transcript is a photocopy of an official interdepartmental communication in the KC police force defending the use of mace on the students, signed by Ptl. Ronald Canaday

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Taped Interview with Robert Bechtel, (Typed Manuscript, 45 pages). McClinton was a Halfback for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1963-1969. McClinton details his and other local athletes’ involvement in the events of the Uprising.

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Taped Interview with Mr. Wright (Typed Manuscript, 2 pages). This is a transcription of a brief phone conversation between Wright and McClinton

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Notes from an interview (Typed Manuscript, 2 pages). McMullin was pastor of Holy Name Church. He was present for the gassing at the church the night of April 9..

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Taped Interview with Jeanie Meyer (Typed Manuscript, 25 pages). Mr. McNeeven was Assistant Superintendent of Human Relations for the School Board during the time of the Uprising

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Notes from an interview (Handwritten Manuscript, 5 pages). Mann was a representative of MICA (Metropolitan Inter-Church Agency) at police stations on April 9 - 12 during the Uprising. These notes describe his experiences there, along with the processes and procedures used by police in regards to arrestees treatment, transportation, and confinement.

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Notes from an interview, (Typed Manuscript, 2 pages). Myers was Director of Liquor Control for Kansas City at the time of the Uprising. In these notes he recalls two meetings that took place between civil leaders -- including Lee Bohannon and Bernard Powell --and the Mayor.

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Notes from an interview (Handwritten Manuscript, 2 pages). Pinter was on police sniper detail on Thursday, April 11. These notes contain accounts of two incidents during that time, as well as a 3 pages photocopy of a typed transcript of the police radio activity for the first of the two incidents described.

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Taped Interview with Jeanie Meyer, (Typed Manuscript, 5 pages). Rev. Preciphs describes the meetings and preparation for the Memorial March in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King the weekend preceding the student walkout of April 9.

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Notes from an interview with Jeanie Meyer, “May 28”(Handwritten Manuscript, 4 pages). Price was called back to work after finishing his shift at 8AM Tuesday, April 9, and followed the student marches along Linwood.

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Notes from an interview (Typed Manuscript, 1 page). Pryor was an Art Teacher at Lincoln High School, and describes the police gassing of the high school on Wednesday, April 10.

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Taped Interview with Robert Bechtel (Typed Manuscript, 5 pages). R. was the minister of a small local church, and describes the experiences of two members of their congregation before addressing what they believe to be the long term implications of the uprising for the black community in Kansas City.

Scope and Contents Notes from an interview (Typed Manuscript, 2 pages). Dr. John F. Ramos, Jr. was a physician and a member of the Kansas City School Board, elected in 1964. He served with the Board until he died in 1970. Given the interview is centered around his communications with the Board of Education. Dr. Ramos describes the aftermath of the Lincoln High School gassings by police, and the subsequent meetings and steps that were taken by the Board of Education and the Police Board of Commissioners to...

Scope and Contents Taped Interview with Ron Horn and Robert Bechtel, (Typed Manuscript, 28 pages). Robert Roane was the C.O.E.[1] Coordinator at Lincoln High School. According to the 1969 Lincolnian: “The C.O.E. was an educational program in high school designed for senior boys and girls. There are regular class periods in which human and industrial relations are stressed. Students were also acquainted with job trends and the possibilities for advancement on certain jobs. Pupils are placed on jobs for which...

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Taped Interview with Ron Horn, (Typed Manuscript, 10 pages). Ross was a Manual High School student, and President of the Senior Class, who ended up initially organizing the students who marched from that school to join the others.

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Notes from an interview (Handwritten Manuscript, 4 pages). Saunders was in the Detective Division of the police force. In these notes he recalls assisting the kids with their march as well as the internal dynamics of the police force at that time.

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Notes from an interview, (Handwritten Manuscript, 7 pages). Spears, a pastor new to Kansas City, remembers being called out of a service due to reports of marching students and tear gas. He goes on to describe the events of April 9, including the speakers at City Hall, the effort to bring students to Municipal Stadium, and MICA’s role in further protesting Includes brief notes from interviews with Sheriff Owsley, Herman A. Johnson, Leon Jordan, Bruce Watkins, and Helen Stubbs.

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Notes from an interview with Jeanie Meyer, (Typed Manuscript, 8 pages). Stovall worked for the HRC, and here recalls the effort to get Vernon Thompson out of jail, as well as the flood of donations received to assist people who were harmed by the riots.

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Notes from an interview (Typed Manuscript, 4 pages). Swift was a police officer on duty during the Uprising