Sykes

In a thin crowd socially aloof to adhere to COVID-19 precautions, those who knew and worked with Alvin Sykes spoke passionately about his legacy as a lifelong warrior for justice and civil rights. Sykes died on March 19th. He was 64 years…

In a thin crowd socially aloof to adhere to COVID-19 precautions, those who knew and worked with Alvin Sykes spoke passionately about his legacy as a lifelong warrior for justice and civil rights.…

Alvin Lee Sykes was born on July 21, 1956 in Kansas City, Kan. He said his father, Vernon Evans, raped his mother, Patricia Sykes, who was 14 when she gave birth to him. Eight days later, an acquaintance of his mother's, Burnetta F. Page,…

Alvin Sykes testifies on June 12, 2007 // Screenshot by CSPAN Kansas City activist Alvin Sykes, best known for his work in pursuing justice in unsolved civil rights murders, died Friday at the age of 64. Sykes suffered a fall at Union…

KANSAS CITY, MO - Alvin Sykes spent his life fighting for civil rights and investigating the murders of African Americans killed during the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. He died Friday morning at the age of 64 from…

KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) - A prominent Kansas City civil rights activist has passed away.Alvin Sykes, 64, died Friday morning from complications from a spinal injury that occurred two years ago.Sykes…

Alvin Sykes, Kansas City civil rights leader, died Friday morning at the Merriam Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Facility in Shawnee, Kansas, according to a nurse at the facility. Sykes had suffered the acute effects of a fall at Union…