Rep. Marvin Robinson, a resident of Kansas City, Kansas, who long advocated to preserving the Quindaro Ruins has died at the age of 67.

Rep. Marvin Robinson, a resident of Kansas City, Kansas, who long advocated to preserving the Quindaro Ruins has died at the age of 67.

The town where the business is located, around 50 miles north of Denver, ... Robinson played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers, ...

A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search Friday and outrage across the city of Wichita.. The statue honors the first player to break ...

For decades state Rep. Marvin Robinson has been focused on one thing: Funding and recognition for the Quindaro ruins, a Civil War era town in Kansas that operated as a stop on the Underground ...

Marvin S. Robinson II, a volunteer researcher with Freedom’s Frontier, explains the history of the Quindaro ruins in 2019. Robinson was elected to the Kansas Legislature in 2022. Greg Woods ...

David Hobbs, an employee at Art Castings of Colorado, touches up a wax mold of Jackie Robinson's head in Loveland, Colo. on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.

It all started in January, when thieves cut the original statue off at its ankles , leaving only Robinson’s cleats behind at McAdams Park in Wichita. Skip to content NOWCAST KMBC 9 News at 10PM ...

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As he coats a mold of Jackie Robinson with wax, metalsmith Alex Haines reflected on the extra importance of a project that will soon give the city of Wichita, Kansas, a replacement bronze statue of… ...

Metalsmiths in Colorado are remaking Jackie Robinson in bronze after the theft of a beloved Kansas statue of the civil rights baseball icon set off a national outpouring of donations.