Three generations of a Kansas City family are finally unified when they do something that countless other Black Americans could not — choose their own last name. Three generations of a Kansas City family are finally unified when they do something that countless other Black Americans could not — choose their own last name. Three generations of a Kansas City family are finally unified when they do something that countless other Black Americans could not — choose their own last name. Three generations of a Kansas City family are finally unified when they do something that countless other Black Americans could not — choose their own last name.