Chester A. Franklin, founder and publisher of The Kansas City Call, and his wife, playwright Ada Crogman Franklin. - Beverly Bynum/Kansas City Star/TNS
A stack of fresh newspapers under his arm, Eric Wesson hopped off the curb and bounded out into the intersection of 12th Street and Brooklyn Avenue in Kansas City's East Side. He approached the driver of a silver truck waiting on the northbound stoplight. “How you doin’? This is my new newspaper, The Next Page KC,” Wesson said, passing the gentleman a free copy through the window. He pointed to a storefront across the street. “That’s my office — you can find copies there.” Then he pointed down the way toward the Family Mini Market. “Miss Toni sells them in her store also.” The light turned gre...
