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Big Idea: Pancho Villa in History, Pop Culture, and Collective Memory
Dr. Marco Macias on the transformations of collective memory.
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No Place Like Home
A book and new short film project explore the history of the LGBTQ movement in Kansas to spark meaningful discussion on the topic.
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Big Idea: On Kansas, sentiment, memory, and obsession, which are all really variants of the same thing
Gary Jackson on how poetry is an act of reclamation.
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Big Idea: Discourse for a Better Community
Joy Murphy explores the need for Kansas museums to engage in community conversations, even when the topics may be tough and controversial.
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Big Idea: Beyond Brown: Mexican Struggles for Equality in Kansas
Valerie Mendoza looks at the ways the Latino communities banded together to fight discrimination and demand equal protection under the law, focusing special attention on Kansas examples.
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From Then to Now: A Student History of Haskell Indian Nations University
Valerie Mendoza looks at the ways the Latino communities banded together to fight discrimination and demand equal protection under the law, focusing special attention on Kansas examples.
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Magic, Mystics, and Murder
Valerie Mendoza looks at the ways the Latino communities banded together to fight discrimination and demand equal protection under the law, focusing special attention on Kansas examples.
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Big Idea: Stories of Resilience and Determination: African American Genealogy Research in Kansas
Valerie Mendoza looks at the ways the Latino communities banded together to fight discrimination and demand equal protection under the law, focusing special attention on Kansas examples.
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Big Idea: Harriet Tubman, Freedom's Conductor
Valerie Mendoza looks at the ways the Latino communities banded together to fight discrimination and demand equal protection under the law, focusing special attention on Kansas examples.
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Kansas 1972: Voices of Vietnam Veterans
Valerie Mendoza looks at the ways the Latino communities banded together to fight discrimination and demand equal protection under the law, focusing special attention on Kansas examples.
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Kansas 1972: Rattlebone Hollow
Valerie Mendoza looks at the ways the Latino communities banded together to fight discrimination and demand equal protection under the law, focusing special attention on Kansas examples.
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Kansas 1972: Uprooted
Urban renewal comes to Kansas in 1972 and irrevocably alters historic communities. One woman leads a movement to save a historic Wichita church.
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Remembering the Forgotten
A Douglas County project reclaims stories lost to time.
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The Best We Could Do
Ashland City Library's oral history project on local Vietnam veterans includes "The Best We Could Do", a graphic memoir by Thi Bui.
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Big Idea: Democracy As a Matter of the Spirit
Dr. Randal Jelks discusses his book, "Letters to Martin: Meditations on Democracy in Black America."
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Big Idea: How Should We Honor Someone's Military Service?
Listening to and engaging with veterans about their military experience is the most meaningful way to thank someone for their service.
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