Black News, Politics, Arts & Culture
Kansas City, MO
Joined November 2020
- Tweets1.7K
- Following2.3K
- Followers10.6K
- Likes3.2K
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
Why are we funding this?
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
BREAKING: Bodycam footage shows the police lynching of unarmed Black teen Saveion McConnell.
A Missouri deputy shot at him 9 times. At least 6 of those shots came after Saveion was already incapacitated on the pavement.
The prosecutor says it was legal. Watch. 🧵
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
Not a Game To Us: Police Budgets and the World Cup
@sunrisemvmtkc in collab with the @KCDefender & @DecarcerateKC, take a look at how the World Cup impacts police budgets and what the cost REALLY is... heyzine.com/flip-book/31828b…
#BoycottWorldCup
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
Poignant story by @DirectorVaughan
for @KCDefender about Erica Green, the girl Kansas City came to know as Precious Doe: kansascitydefender.com/missi…
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
The People's Free Store Comes to 31st & Prospect: KC Defender Distributes Hundreds of Free Clothing & Hygiene Items to Black People kansascitydefender.com/mutua… via @kcdefender
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
This year's grantees include Wyoming Today, @KCDefender, @MSTODAYnews and @CalMatters, along with independent journalists Larkin Smith, Eryn Davis and Amanda Purcell.
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
A lot of us wouldn’t have known about what happened to Ralph Yarl without the courage and journalism of @KCDefender.
Much love and light to Ralph and his family as they continue to heal and hold people to account.
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
She Spent 40 Years Collecting 20,000 Black Books. We Refused to Let Them Disappear.
How a 22-year-old, 40 organizers, and a newsroom fought to save Missouri’s oldest Black bookstore — and what comes next.
kansascitydefender.com/kansa… | @KCDefender
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
'Multi Award-winning, Black-led Collage Dance Collective brings Zora Neale Hurston’s revolutionary vision to Kansas City. A neoclassical ballet and contemporary dance piece exploring Black freedom and self-determination.'
kansascitydefender.com/arts-… | @KCDefender
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
Big love to @KCDefender for providing this list of FREE FOOD RESOURCES for KC 🙏🏽💙
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
The News Is Heavy. Here’s How to Carry It. kansascitydefender.com/healt… via @kcdefender
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
Now, as a photojournalist working with @KCDefender and as the creator of the upcoming podcast Fountain City Files, Vaughan Harrison focuses on stories involving missing Black women, systemic failures in law enforcement & community neglect
kansascity.com/news/local/ar… #BlackWomenLead
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
Huge thank you to @FDsignifier for uplifting the @KCDefender documentary about St Louis' community response to the tornado. Watch the doc today! Link in replies!
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
Shoutout to everyone at the @KCDefender, including Ryan Sorrell and Tiffany Watts who wrote and reported this story and Mili Mansaray and Joshua Taylor who were incredibly insightful laying the groundwork behind the scenes.
Shoutout to @Oni_Spumoni with this amazing edit!
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
About a month ago, I spent a day in St Louis with @KCDefender documenting the mutual aid efforts that locals are still relying on 2 months after a tornado ripped through a 20 mile stretch of N STL, a historically black, redlined and systemically disadvantaged area of the city.
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
i edited this video with @KCDefender and footage shot by @CinemarxismBret about the aid crisis in St Louis following the tornado back in may.
the effected areas were black neighborhoods which were utterly abandoned by the state
pls give this a watch:
youtu.be/BhQjYxBcqxw
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
I strongly urge you to read @CapitalBNews, @baltbeat, @guardian, @KCDefender, @SacObserver, @scalawagmag, @TheBWSTimes
and more — they are all covering these issues
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
The @KCDefender is fundraising to purchase the collection and turn it into a public archive, making “Miss Willa’s” bookstore space into its first-ever public headquarters.
niemanlab.org/2025/07/missou…
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
If you’re curious what I’ve been up to at KCUR, my latest story is a profile on the iconic Willa Robinson, the owner of Willa’s Books and Vinyl.
kcur.org/arts-life/2025-07-1…
The Kansas City Defender retweeted
Robinson has been collecting books by Black authors for decades. While she’s retiring and closing her shop, @KCDefender is giving it new life.
kcur.org/arts-life/2025-07-1…