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EPISODE · May 27, 2026 · 59 MIN

It's Labor History Month - plan your vacation with a map of labor sites and Quindaro - some local history

from Heartland Labor Forum · host KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio

Planning a summer road trip? How about visiting the places where ordinary people made extraordinary change? We’ll talk to Chris Garlock of the Labor Heritage Foundation about their new Labor Landmark Map! Then we’ll visit a nearby landmark – Quindaro, the town founded by Wyandot Indians, abolitionists and free blacks as a free port on the Missouri River. We’ll talk to a descendant of Robert Monroe who escaped to freedom across the winter ice.  Our feature is Washington Window with Mark Gruenberg.

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