FIRST BLACK KCMO MAYOR PRO TEM HONORED WITH PROCLAMATION

FIRST BLACK KCMO MAYOR PRO TEM HONORED WITH PROCLAMATION—Last Saturday at the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center’s “A Conversation with the Elders,” KCMO Fifth District Councilwoman and newly appointed Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw (left), presented a Mayoral Proclamation to the first black woman Mayor Pro Tem and former Acting Mayor Joanne Collins. Parks-Shaw is the second black woman to be appointed Mayor Pro Tem in the city’s history. Photo/George Murphy