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Tom Bass

Today we say hello to our listeners on KXEO in Mexico, Missouri.  Folks there know the name Tom Bass…and you should too. His story of…

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A Surprise in Law Enforcement

In 1963 this city’s police force brutally attacked Gwen Webb.  Just over a decade later, she was a member of that law enforcement group.  But…

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Posted in Alabama American Countryside

Jailed for Participating in Civil Rights

In May of 1963 hundreds of Birmingham school students were jailed for participating in Civil Rights marches.  There were so many kids that had been…

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Posted in Alabama American Countryside

Children on the March in Birmingham

The images from Birmingham were difficult to watch.  Kids under the age of 18 where being knocked off their feet by water cannons and attacked…

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Posted in Alabama American Countryside

A Pivotol Moment in Civil Rights

Gwen Webb was a high school student in one of Birmingham, Alabama’s segregated public schools.  In early May 1963 she was ready to participate in…

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Posted in Alabama American Countryside

The Effort to Change

It is said that in the early 1960s, there was no large city more racially segregated that Birmingham, Alabama.  It was the city in which…

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The Museum of Osteology

It’s called the Museum of Osteology.  It’s a one-of-a-kind place.  But many of you are asking what’s osteology?

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The Bone Collector

Jay’s father could have scolded him for what he’d unearthed.  Most parents would say, “Put down that filthy thing!”  His father didn’t do that though,…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

The Message of the Mailbox

Mailboxes come in many shapes, colors and sizes.  But the mailboxes given as gifts every May in Brookfield, Missouri are very special; not because of…

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The Impression of an Actor

Everyone knows John Wilkes Booth as the assassin of President Lincoln.  However, before his deadly deed in April 1865, he was a well known actor,…

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