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9:29 The Minutes That Moved Kansas City

A People's History of Kansas City

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The Nine Minutes That Moved Kansas City

The murder of george floyd sparked a movement long overdue reckoning of racial injustice in this country. We're calling nine 29 the minutes that moved kansas city, because time seemed to stand still during those nine minutes 29 seconds that chauvin pinned floyd to the ground. For 76 year old doctor ba johnson, who was raised in the south and lived through the 19 sixties, through the civil rights movement, floyd's murder added more despair to all the dramatic racism she's experienced over the years.

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