Civic Corruption in Pendergast KC

Sat, Jul 13 2024

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Midwest Genealogy Center Programming Room

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Remind Me Later

Subjects

History

Age Group

For adults

Presenter

Terence O'Malley

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The fix was in on many levels throughout Kansas City government during the Pendergast era. Join Terence O'Malley as he profiles several notorious cases evidencing that democratic processes were nothing more than a mere inconvenience to many of those in power during the 1920s and 1930s.

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