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Box 1

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Contains 10 Results:

Judge Berry, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28, Object: 4
Scope and Contents

Notes from an interview (Handwritten Manuscript, 1 page). Berry held his court in session on April 9-12 to preside over felony crimes related to the Uprising

Dates: undated

Ken Cooper, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, Object: 4
Scope and Contents

Interview with Robert Bechtel (Typed Manuscript with numerous corrections, 12 pages). This interview focuses mainly on Soul, Inc.

Dates: undated

Ollie Gates, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31, Object: 4
Scope and Contents

Notes from an interview with Kenneth King (Handwritten Manuscript, 3 pages). Ollie Gates was the owner of Gates BBQ at the time of the Uprising.

Dates: undated

Rev. A.L. Johnson, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, Object: 4
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: undated

Curtis McClinton, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, Object: 4
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: undated

Barney Myers, August 8, 1970

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, Object: 4
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: August 8, 1970

Bishop Spears, June 8, 1968

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 35, Object: 4
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: June 8, 1968

Robert Wheeler, March 26, 1969

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 36, Object: 4
Scope and Contents

Taped Interview with Ron Horn, (Typed Manuscript, 9 pages). Wheeler describes the coordinated efforts of educators to help students in the event of civil disturbance, as well as the communication processes and the administrative decision-making of educators during the Uprising.Wheeler was present at Lincoln High at the time of the police gassings.

Dates: March 26, 1969

Slides, 131-139, December 1970

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 42, Object: 4
Scope and Contents

131-139: Setups for recording sessions (for interviews?).

Dates: December 1970

Photographs, 154-155, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 43, Object: 4
Scope and Contents

154-155: [B/W] Spooner-Thayer “Movement Apparatus” (3.5in x 5in).

Dates: undated