The Recollection Agency
In Autumn 2024, The New Territory regional magazine put on an event called ‘Hearing Place’. That day of sound brought together academics, the audio obsessed, journalists and friends of the publication.
Held in Weston, Missouri, the event was recorded and produced into a podcast. Here is the audio postcard we created from sounds heard at the day-long exploration called ‘Hearing Place’.
Thanks to Kiana Fernandes, Tina Cassagrand Foss and Janet Saidi for their assistance with this podcast.
Lucille H. Douglass (at left) and Oralee McKinzy at the Parkville, Missouri Public Library in March 2023
Missouri history happened here. Right here. On this same ground on which we live today. That includes the history of slavery and racial segregation. When we tell the story of our state’s history, often the narrative is that of white and male Missourians. The family and personal stories of women and people of color are too often neglected when the narrative is told about the making of Missouri.
In this episode of Mo’ Curious meet two Kansas City women who are teaching themselves and others about local black history, which is, of course, Missouri history.
This episode’s guests are Oralee McKinzy who traces her family back to enslaved Missourians in Platte County, Missouri, and Lucille Douglass who recalls attending Parkville’s Missouri’s segregated black school as a girl in the 1950s.
As heard in this episode of the podcast:
Agriculture and Slavery in Missouri’s Little Dixie by R. Douglas Hurt
On Slavery’s Border by Diane Mutti Burke
Banneker School Foundation and Historic Site
Life 360 on Facebook
Thanks for listening to Mo’ Curious. Stay curious, Missouri.
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