As a reporter and then longtime editor and publisher of The Call, Lucile Bluford became the dominant voice of Kansas City’s African-American community. File photo by Keith Myers [email protected] The ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — She was a trailblazer in ...

Michele Watley, founder of Shirley’s Kitchen Cabinet, stood in front of community members at Kansas City’s Lucile H. Bluford Library on Saturday to address an issue she sees far too often in her role ...

JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Jay Nixon signed a measure Thursday designating July 1 as "Lucile Bluford Day", according to a release. Bluford was a journalist and civil rights activist who helped end ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Lucile Bluford, longtime editor and publisher of The Call newspaper and a civil rights champion in Kansas City, has died. She was 91. Bluford, who suffered a stroke five years ago, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - July 25, 1941. The Missouri Supreme Court hands down a decision that Lucile Bluford, a black student, be admitted to the graduate program at the University of Missouri. In ...

COLUMBIA - MU's newest residence hall is named just that: New Hall. But that could soon change, as the MU Faculty Council voted this week to back the suggestion to name the building after Lucile ...

A Jefferson City man is among the list of leaders who will be celebrated for progressing the field of human rights. Eric Krekel, deputy director of the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, will ...

A crowd gathered for the 1914 cornerstone laying at the Paseo YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri. The photo appears on the cover of the Kansas City Black History project's printed booklet. The project, ...

She was a trailblazer in her time. Lucile Bluford was a powerful voice, and her journalism has left behind a lasting legacy in the Kansas City area and Missouri. She was a trailblazer in her time.