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Speaker Details Image of Prisca Barnes) Prisca Barnes   The Dockum Drugstore Sit-in In July 1958, Black students gathered at downtown Wichita's Dockum Drugstore to stage a peaceful protest against the unequal practice of segregation. What happened during the three-week sit-in? Speaker Details Image of Beverley Olson Buller) Beverley Olson Buller   William Allen White and the KKK In Kansas The tumultuous 1924 Kansas Gubernatorial campaign was the time William Allen White chased the Ku Klux Klan out of Kansas. Speaker Details Image of Ann Dean) Ann Dean   The Power of Imagery and the Civil Rights Experience This presentation will delve into the impact of photography on the civil rights movement in the aftermath of the landmark Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education. Speaker Details Image of Valerie Mendoza) Valerie Mendoza   Beyond Brown: Mexican Struggles for Equality Before and After Brown V. Board This presentation 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.  Speaker Details Image of Ray Mizumura-Pence) Ray Mizumura-Pence   The Disability Rights Movement In the 1960s, people with disabilities and their allies fought to ensure full citizenship and civil rights to a population often overlooked or approached with pity. Speaker Details Image of Donna Rae Pearson) Donna Rae Pearson   The Women of Brown Twelve Black women were at the forefront of the civil rights movement as plaintiffs in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case. This presentation will shine a light on their stories. Speaker Details Image of Eric Sexton) Eric Sexton   Remembering Brown v Board of Education This presentation will explore the intricacies of the five cases included in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and explore the transformative impact of this landmark decision. Speaker Details Image of Carmaletta Williams) Carmaletta Williams   Free Did Not Mean Welcome Discover how many realized that for Black people in Kansas “free” did not necessarily mean “welcome

 

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