Today we appreciate a glimpse of Kansas City seen through a progressive lens and offering an alternative perspective on the working-class founders of this cowtown. Checkit:
How Multi-Ethnic Stockyard Workers Propelled Kansas City Into The Modern Age
Inasmuch as Detroit relied on automobiles, or Pittsburgh on steel, Kansas City once relied on a meatpacking industry that, in turn, depended on a multi-ethnic, low-wage, but organized labor force. So says social historian John Herron, associate director of the UMKC Honors College.