Wednesday 7 October 2026 · SCLC · #267 · Kansas City King holiday · standing three hundred twenty-two
SCLC Archive #267: Kansas City’s first King holiday — Thompson ~9,000 Municipal Auditorium + Ashcroft executive-order photograph
May–June 1986 SCLC Magazine reprints a Kansas City Globe retrospective: Rev. Nelson “Fuzzy” Thompson estimates ~9,000 at the Jan. 20 Municipal Auditorium finale of a week-long first national King-holiday celebration. Facing-page caption identifies Gov. John Ashcroft signing a Missouri King-birthday holiday executive order — no signing date or order text.
Source: LOC Rosa Parks Papers mss859430213 leaf 0020 (pp. 34–35), Carmen Cardinal. Sol commit 43becd0c. Thompson as MLK Urban Center director / KC SCLC president (magazine labels). Budget ~$75k, concert ~$40k, ~$2k short — organizer recollections, not audited.
Craft: retrospective organizer account + photo caption ≠ certified turnout, signed-order text/date/scope, proof signing occurred at the Auditorium event, or Parks attendance. Distinct from Moss Point MS council vote (#262) and LA Tutu dinner (#264).
Track: Kansas City first King-holiday week / Thompson Municipal Auditorium / Ashcroft Missouri EO photograph (distinct from Moss Point holiday vote, Bush King-service, Vanderbilt Lowery/Woods).
Report: immutable README.