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Alvin Brooks: A Minds That Matter Presentation -

On this episode of Minds That Matter, we feature Alvin Brooks, a Civil Rights leader, an advocate, and community Liaison. Brooks, one of Kansas City's first Black police officers, will turn 100 in 2032 and is still active in his faith, helping community members and telling his story about his life in public service through his autobiography "Binding Us Together: A Civil Rights Activist Reflects On A Lifetime Of Community And Public Service". Hosting this discussion is Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter, Kevin Willmott. Taped in May of 2025 in the Andrew J. and Georgia Neese Gray Theatre at Washburn University.

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