Vine Street Baptist Church

Interview with businessman and former city councilman G. Lawrence Blankinship. Blankinship discusses his childhood in Louisiana, his family's work in the logging industry, moving to Kansas City as a teenager, his work in management at Crown Drug stores, and later starting his Blankinship Distributing, a supplier of Black beauty products. He also discusses his local community and political work, including serving on Kansas City's city council, his involvement with Freedom, Inc., and his relationships with other local leaders.

Interview with Paseo Baptist Church pastor Charles J. Briscoe. Briscoe discusses his childhood, his experience at R. T. Coles Vocational High School, his theological education and early experiences as a pastor, and returning to Kansas City and eventually the Paseo Baptist Church. He also discusses his views on race relations and the Black community in Kansas City, the role of the church in community building and politics, the history of Paseo Baptist, its mission work, and his views of other religions.