EPISODE · Feb 17, 2026 · 27 MIN
Reclaiming the right to jaywalk
from A People's History of Kansas City · host Mackenzie Martin
Kansas City, Missouri, became the first major city in the country to repeal its anti-jaywalking ordinance, after research found that tickets were being disproportionately issued to Black men. It’s a full-circle moment, because Kansas City was also the first city to criminalize jaywalking more than a century earlier. Mackenzie Martin reports in the second of our two-part series.
Embed this episode
Ready to play
Reclaiming the right to jaywalk
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
No similar episodes found.
Similar Podcasts
No similar podcasts found.