(From KGCS)In honor of Black History Month, Newsmakers is featuring a look at local individuals who worked to break down barriers to integration in Joplin and southwest Missouri.
Nanda Nunnelly, President of the Black History Preservation Society of the Ozarks, shares information on the impact former Joplin Police Officer and County Coroner JD Love had on the community. Love was recently recognized by the Joplin City Council with approval for the ceremonial renaming of a street in his honor.
Nunnelly also discusses the efforts of Melissa Cuther who worked to establish an integrated nursery and daycare at the Newburger Community House in Ewert Park. She details how Cuther and Marion Dial both advocated for the National Park to honor George Washington Carver. Park Ranger Gregory Curtis shares more details about the monument and Carver’s legacy of discoveries and his impact which are shared with students and visitors daily.
Newsmakers is airing nightly at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. the week of February 18 on KGCS-TV and will air at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, February 24 on KOAM-TV. It is also posted on the station’s YouTube channel: KGCS - Missouri Southern State University.
KGCS programming can be seen on channel 21 and is also available on regional cable television systems such as Sparklight, Mediacom and Suddenlink Communications. The station operates as a service of the Department of Communications at Missouri Southern State University.
Still pandering to the race card, this old horse has been beat to death.
ReplyDeleteMore light skin people have been enslaved in history than dark skin
Look it up please before calling me racist.
I’m not racist I’m just tired of all the BS
@320pm Maybe you're onto something. Perhaps "Black History Month" - which is observed by the United States and three other countries - should be renamed "Descendants Of Slaves History Month" to allow light skinned, e.g., white people, to be honored, recognized, and appreciated. Problem is, it's going to be tough to find any *light skinned people* in the United States whose ancestors were enslaved here. Do you follow me? See where I'm coming from? I'm coming from Africa.
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