
100 years of the Plaza
A People's History of Kansas City
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Kansas City, the Nichols Family Stands With You
The j c. Nichols name and legacy had been in the hot seat before 20 20. Chico sierra started an on line campaign to have jase nichols park way renamed to doctor martin luther king drive. On the heels of the 20 e protests, cris good also started the groundwork for renaming what had been known as the j c Nichol's fountain. We were met with much resistance. There was this notion that removing ja c. Nichols's name from the park way and the fountain woud sanatise history,. something that we haard a lot. Chris engaged in open dialogue sessions across the city, talking about the other side of nichols's legacy
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