Protesting for Racial Justice in one of Kansas City’s historically racist realestate developments.

In May and June of 2020 thousands of people protested across the United States in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin, a Minnesota Police Officer.

Over the course of several days protesters gathered in Kansas City at City Hall and in a park near the upscale Country Club Plaza district. The Country Club Plaza was once the epicenter of racially restrictive housing discrimination. These protests occurred along J.C. Nichols Parkway, named after the designer of The Country Club Plaza and a practitioner of racist deed restrictions across the city.

One of the largest protests was organized by Black Rainbow an “abolitionist organization dedicated to liberation for all oppressed peoples while centering Black lives.” The Black Rainbow protest gathering included poets, singers and speakers advocating for living wage, fair housing, tenant’s rights, equal justice and an end to police brutality.

Protestors gather in support of racial justice and equity at City Hall in Kansas City, Missouri.