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Executive Director of the Kansas City Public Library Crosby Kemper III chats with some of Kansas City's historical figures ranging from presidents to baudy house madams, from innovators to groundbreakers, from poets and painters to outlaws and outcasts.

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Meet the Past
Full episodes
12 VIDEOS

Langston Hughes
26:14 Air Date 03/31/10

William Allen White
26:26 Air Date 03/31/10

Amelia Earhart
26:05 Air Date 03/31/10

Arthur Stilwell
26:46 Air Date 03/31/10

Jesse James
26:06 Air Date 03/31/10

Walt Disney
26:11 Air Date 03/31/10

Harry S. Truman
26:03 Air Date 03/31/10

Annie Chambers
26:49 Air Date 03/04/10

Charlie Parker
26:23 Air Date 03/04/10

Thomas Hart Benton
26:54 Air Date 03/04/10

Nell Donnelly Reed
26:35 Air Date 03/04/10

John Brown
26:28 Air Date 03/04/10