Segment 1: Kansas City Ballet's first black Sugar Plum Fairy. Ballerina Whitney Huell is making history as the first African-American woman to play the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Kansas City Ballet's version of The Nutcracker. We talk with her about her career and what it means to have dancers of color on the stage in lead roles. Whitney Huell , ballerina, Kansas City Ballet Segment 2, beginning at 17:50: Checking in with a new app to connect people with black-owned businesses. An app that's