Get ready for some great LIVE music!!
Friday, June 20th
Legacy Dinner with an abbreviated showing of I’m So Glad
Truman Habitat for Humanity (Young School) at 6 pm
Kansas City FilmFest International 2024 Winner
Best Heartland Documentary feature
Kansas City is known for its jazz and blues. But the same forces that shaped those American art forms also led to the development of Black Gospel music.
Our region's gospel blues have a rich but largely overlooked history. In fact, historians say gospel music may be the best window through which to view the development of the Black community in and around Kansas City, MO, and its roots in pre-Civil War Kansas.
The film explores this rich legacy: featuring the music and the stories of the region's pioneering greats. Interviews with historians and scholars reveal a musical and cultural history never presented before.
Saturday, June 21
Juneteenth Legacy Parade
Parade starts at 10 am
The parade starts at the McCoy Park Pavilion
The route
Head south on Spring to the roundabout
Turn on Farmer
Continue to Delaware St, then to Bess Truman Parkway
People can walk through the park to get back to the Pavillion if they would like.
Thanks to our Sponsors
Independence Chamber of Commerce
Independence Rotary Club
Speaks
Spire Foundation
Truman Heartland Community Foundation
City of Independence Missouri