Kansas Stories - Humanities Kansas

Suffragists, Topeka, Kansas, c. 1912. Photo courtesy of KansasMemory.org, Kansas Historical Society

Failure is Impossible

“KS cannot be truly free while the words 'white' or 'male' are found within the limits of her Constitution.” In 1858, participants at the Moneka Women’s Rights Association meeting in Linn County KS were not mincing words

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Full Story 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. Full Story

Full Story The Intangibles Book Club How a high school English teacher stayed in Kansas and found her life's work by challenging students, one book at a time. Full Story

Full Story Finding Humanity in Those Who Need it Most As Director of Community Corrections in Lyon County, Steve Willis helps people in the corrections system get the cognitive tools they need to overcome their struggles. Full Story

Full Story Not Buried in Trash? Thank a Sanitation Worker. A ride-along with the Emporia Sanitation Department reveals the public service and stigma of sanitation work. Full Story

Full Story Working Hard in the Heartland "Ad Astra: Working Hard in the Heartland,” an initiative from Humanities Kansas elevates the stories of working Kansans, especially the resilience of the working class, a population often overlooked. Full Story

Full Story Slides Rule In 1987, in preparation for the centennial of Inman, Kansas, town officials put out a call for photos, documents, memorabilia, and other objects that could tell the south central Kansas community’s story. Full Story

Full Story Faces and Places "Faces of the East Side Neighborhoods," is a photo documentary project exploring the human legacy a Mexican immigrant community established within Dodge City in the early 20th century. Full Story

Full Story Big Idea: It's Time to Change the Way We Talk About Poverty An estimated 875,000 Kansans are likely not making ends meet. Rather than place blame on why or how this happened, let's try to understand the real impact that economic insecurity has on our communities and neighbors. Full Story

Full Story INSTA-INSPIRE Story Chasers help spark new conversations and lead the movement of ideas spreading across the state. Full Story

Suffragettes in Lawrence, c. 1910. Photo courtesy of KansasMemory.org

Full Story I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar A new traveling exhibition commemorates centennial of the 19th amendment Full Story

Meet Galyn Vesey

Dr. Galyn Vesey was a participant in the 1958 lunch counter sit-in at the Dockum Drugstore in downtown Wichita and is currently working on a book about the Black experience in Wichita, Kansas from the 1870s to the 1970s.

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Full Story Three Days of Peace and Music Dr. Galyn Vesey was a participant in the 1958 lunch counter sit-in at the Dockum Drugstore in downtown Wichita and is currently working on a book about the Black experience in Wichita, Kansas from the 1870s to the 1970s. Full Story

Full Story Meet Kit Auner, HK Summer Fellow 2019 Dr. Galyn Vesey was a participant in the 1958 lunch counter sit-in at the Dockum Drugstore in downtown Wichita and is currently working on a book about the Black experience in Wichita, Kansas from the 1870s to the 1970s. Full Story

Full Story Meet Leighann Thone, HK Summer Fellow 2019 Dr. Galyn Vesey was a participant in the 1958 lunch counter sit-in at the Dockum Drugstore in downtown Wichita and is currently working on a book about the Black experience in Wichita, Kansas from the 1870s to the 1970s. Full Story

Full Story The Kansas Industrial Farm for Women Dr. Galyn Vesey was a participant in the 1958 lunch counter sit-in at the Dockum Drugstore in downtown Wichita and is currently working on a book about the Black experience in Wichita, Kansas from the 1870s to the 1970s. Full Story

Full Story Sustaining Healthy Communities One Meal at a Time Dr. Galyn Vesey was a participant in the 1958 lunch counter sit-in at the Dockum Drugstore in downtown Wichita and is currently working on a book about the Black experience in Wichita, Kansas from the 1870s to the 1970s. Full Story

Full Story Big Idea: It's Time for More Representation in STEM Dr. Galyn Vesey was a participant in the 1958 lunch counter sit-in at the Dockum Drugstore in downtown Wichita and is currently working on a book about the Black experience in Wichita, Kansas from the 1870s to the 1970s. Full Story

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Full Story Meet Freddy Gipp Freddy Gipp of Lawrence is the founder and CEO of Lead Horse LLC. An enrolled member of the Kiowa-Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, Freddy created the Young Professional powwow, an event for indigenous influencers. Full Story

Full Story Confronting the Klan The world watched through its newspapers as the 56-year-old newspaper editor William Allen White traveled 2,783 miles and made 104 speeches, all directed at expelling the Klan. Full Story

Full Story Sweetheart Dancing Dressed in identical regalia, Adrian Stevens and Sean Snyder registered to perform in the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians powwow Sweetheart’s Special dance category. But, the judges disqualified them. Full Story

Full Story Speaking Out: Women Speakers at the Chautauqua During the late nineteenth century, women challenged social, educational, and political systems that limited or excluded their participation in civic engagement. Full Story

A New Deal for Public Art in the Free State

What do the 29 Kansas artworks commissioned by the US Treasury Department’s Section of Fine Arts tell us about how Kansans saw themselves and their communities in the 1930s and 1940s?

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