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RideKC makes a special delivery to MED-ACT in Johnson County.

The Kansas City Community is rallying to support ZeroFare KC.The Kansas City Community is rallying to support ZeroFare KC. Leaders at non-profit organizations, schools, and elsewhere recognize the potential of public transportation without a financial barrier.

Alvin Brooks is a Kansas City icon for his community focused leadership which paved the way for criminal justice reform in Kansas City.

Willie Arthur Smith is an icon in the Kansas City area for his dedicated work with the youth of this city. Smith created Kansas City's first high school drill team: The Marching Cobras.

Horace Michael “Pete” Peterson, III was a historian who captured the oral histories that helped shaped the Midwest. Peterson founded the Black Archives of Mid-America.

Dr. Samuel U. Rodgers paved the way by creating equitable access to healthcare for the poor in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Rev. Dr. A.L. Johnson Sr., was a great man of faith, vision and compassion and he paved the way as a humanitarian and activist in Kansas City. You can find Johnson's Honor Plaque at southbound Prospect at Swope Parkway. 

Fred Curls paved the way in the real estate industry and through his political involvement in the Kansas City community. In 1952, Curls took a job at a friend’s real estate agency where he learned the real estate business.

Bernard Powell was a civil rights activist who encouraged and facilitated investment around the Prospect community, at a time when people outside the community did not see the potential.