Kansas City Soul Food Restaurants
August 16, 2009
If soul food is what you crave, you won’t be disappointed by Kansas City’s offerings. Try the fried chicken, sweet potato cornbread or peach cobbler at restaurants like the Peachtree at 18th & Vine (1512 E 18th St., 816-472-8733), Papa Lew’s Soul Delicious Food (2128 E 12th Street, 816-421-3378), Niecie’s Restaurant (8686 E 63rd St., 816-358-8100), The Mango Room (1111 Main St., 816-268-4600) and Peachtree Buffet (6800 Eastwood Tfwy., 816-923-0099).
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Ethnic Enrichment Festival at Swope Park in Kansas City
August 15, 2009
As Kansas City prepared to celebrate the U.S. bicentennial in 1976, an idea was born which eventually led to the appointment of the Mayor’s Ethnic Enrichment Commission. Read more
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Fields and Brown, LLC Law Firm - Kansas City, Missouri
August 15, 2009
FIELDS & BROWN FIRM is an Arican American owned, successful law firm located in Kansas City, Missouri. When I visited their website at fieldsandbrown.com, I was impressed and inspired.
Their website provides a profile of Fields and Brown, LLC:
Fields & Brown, LLC engages in the general practice of law with an emphasis in the areas of employment law, insurance and workers’ compensation defense, public finance, constitutional law and commercial litigation. It is the largest minority-owned law firm in the Kansas City area. Fields & Brown has attained a Legal Ability and General Recommendation Rating of “AV” through the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. The firm is listed in the The Bond Buyer’s Municipal Marketplace (“Red Book”), and attorneys in the firm are members of the National Association of Bond Lawyers.
Fields & Brown was established in 1987. The firm is dedicated to providing effective and aggressive representation of its clients. The firm’s attorneys have extensive experience prosecuting civil litigation in both federal and state courts. Their experience encompasses a wide variety of areas including bankruptcy, corporate, business torts, contracts, insurance, real estate, labor, and employment discrimination.
The firm represents such Fortune 100 companies as Bank of America, General Motors Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, ExxonMobil Corporation, Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc, American Family Insurance Group, and The Travelers Companies, Inc. Fields & Brown also represents a variety of governmental agencies, including the State of Missouri, the City of Kansas City, Missouri, the Kansas City, Missouri School District and the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority. At the federal level, Fields & Brown has provided significant legal services to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in real estate litigation and transactions.
The attorneys of the firm are supported by a staff of experienced and well-supervised law clerks, paralegals and clerical personnel supplied with the most advanced computerized research and database systems. The firm’s offices are conveniently located in the central business and financial district in downtown Kansas City.
Don’t forget to visit: missouriblackattorneys.com
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University of Missouri’s Diversity Spotlight Shines On African American Lawyers
August 15, 2009
The University of Missouri’s history with African American students is probably something that they wish they never had. But, in some ways, because of the sensitivity surrounding its history, has cause MU to take measures to actively recruit and promote diversity at Mizzou.
Well, it’s about damn time!
The legal studies section of the University of Missouri’s website showcases the great accomplishments of African American lawyers. This is great because it helps high school students see people who look like them in successful positions.
Visit www.law.missouri.edu/about/diversity/
Diversity Resources
Student Organizations
Diversity Resources and Links
ABA
National Black Law Students Association
Hispanic National Bar Association
National Bar Association
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Native American Rights Fund
Council on Legal Education and Opportunity
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Lambda Legal
National Native American Bar Association
Minority Corporate Counsel
National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association
Area Bar Associations
KCMBA
BAMSL
Mound City Bar Association
Jackson County Bar Association
Missouri Bar
Campus Diversity Resources
Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative
Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center
The Association of Black Graduate and Professional Students
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Mavis Thompson, National Bar Association
August 15, 2009
Mavis Thompson, President Elect NBA
In 1993 Governor Mel Carnahan appointed Mavis the Circuit Clerk for the City of St. Louis. She was elected the first female Circuit Clerk and the only African American female holding a citywide elected office in 1994. In that capacity, she was responsible for more than 250 employees and a budget of $62 million. During her six-year tenure, she increased child support collections, automated the entire office, improved fiscal accountability, modernized file storage and record retrieval and implemented numerous public and customer service programs, including hosting a monthly T.V. show and writing a monthly legal column, both named, “The Circuit Breaker”.
Mavis is a member of the Missouri and Illinois Bar Associations. She is Vice President of Regions and Affiliates of the National Bar Association and Past President of the Mound City Bar Association. She is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Women Lawyers Association and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She currently serves as a Hearing Officer for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, as Past President of the Citywide Community Education Council and of the Board of Trustees at the Mt. Herald M.B. Church. She is a member of the boards of, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri and the Human Development Corporation. Mavis is a certified diversity facilitator and youth speaker, conducting workshops across the United States and she spends a great deal of time mentoring law students and lawyers newly admitted to the bar. Mavis is also a 1995 graduate of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Mavis enjoys international travel and has visited, Africa, Brazil, China, Japan, United Kingdom, South Africa, the Netherlands, Italy, France, and numerous other cities, towns and villages.
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The Jackson County Bar Association - Kansas City, Missouri
August 15, 2009
The Jackson County Bar Association (JCBA) is a voluntary bar association comprised primarily of African-American attorneys from throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area. Founded in 1912, Jackson County Bar Association was established at a time when African-American lawyers were not allowed to join the American Bar Association (ABA) or the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA). The purpose of the Jackson County Bar Association, then and now, is to be a resource for its members; to work to ensure justice and equal opportunity for the African-American community; improve the administration of justice; preserve the independence of the judiciary, improve the economic conditions of all citizens of Missouri; uphold the honor of the legal profession; and protect the civil and political rights of the citizens and residents of the State of Missouri.
The Jackson County Bar Association has a website (jacksoncountybar.com) and it details the names of the officers and committees. There is a job and scholarship section. A calendar of events shows the activities that are coming up in the next 3 months for the organization.
Each year, the Jackson County Bar Association hosts an annual banquet called the Judge Kit Carson Roque Scholarship Banquet. The purpose is to raise funds for the Judge Kit Carson Roque, Jr. Scholarships. These scholarships were created in 1998 to honor the late Judge Kit Carson Roque, Jr., and are presented annually to deserving law students from UMKC, MU, KU and/or Washburn who demonstrate academic achievement, financial need, and community service. Through the awarding of scholarships, the Jackson County Bar Association is trying to do its part to help the next generation of lawyers make it through law school.
One of the other highlights of the Banquet is the presentation of the Judge Lewis W. Clymer Award, given annually to a minority attorney in recognition of their service to the community and promotion of the integrity of the legal profession.
To find information about African American lawyers in Missouri, visit: missouriblackattorney.com
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