Tag: Alvin Brooks

Alvin Brooks at Operation Breakthrough bridge

Operation Breakthrough bridge over Troost symbolizes ‘real community’ at an intersection

By Tommy Felts / September 6, 2018

With reflection in his voice, Alvin Brooks paused. “The city has to be a partner,” the Civil Rights activist and veteran Kansas City Police Commissioner said as he spoke of the redevelopment of Troost Avenue — the well known racial dividing line, that has long isolated the east side of the Kansas City metro from the…

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