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Big Idea: African American Storytelling in Museums
Kansas history is African American history and has been since before settlement. In museums, however, the stories of African Americans are often missing or inaccurate.
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Places
Five Flags of Ford County
The territory today known as Ford County has been called by a multitude of names over the centuries, from New Spain to the Province of Louisiana to the State of Kansas, among others.
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People
A Rendezvous with History
“Road of Conquest: Another View of the Santa Fe Trail” will be held September 19-21, 2024. The symposium consists of a documentary screening and presentations by scholars.
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Big Idea: Indigenous Storytelling in Museums
Building relationships represents an important new approach by the museum community and one that begins with trust. Who tells the stories of Indigenous history?
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Big Idea: The Power of Imagery and the Civil Rights Experience
Ann Dean looks to imagery as a lens into the Civil Rights Experience in America.
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Remembering the Topeka Bottoms
Ann Dean looks to imagery as a lens into the Civil Rights Experience in America.
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Big Idea: Beyond Brown: Mexican Struggles for Equality in Kansas
Ann Dean looks to imagery as a lens into the Civil Rights Experience in America.
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Searching for La Yarda
Ann Dean looks to imagery as a lens into the Civil Rights Experience in America.
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Big Idea: Rectifying "et al." History: The Women of Brown Project
Ann Dean looks to imagery as a lens into the Civil Rights Experience in America.
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Big Idea: Will We Overcome? Brown at 70
Ann Dean looks to imagery as a lens into the Civil Rights Experience in America.
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Voices and Votes: Out of the Mud
Ann Dean looks to imagery as a lens into the Civil Rights Experience in America.
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Literature
Hotline: Winter Reading Recommendations
Miranda Ericsson, Readers Librarian for the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, gives some fun winter reading recommendations.
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Nature
Hotline: Christmas Bird Count
Kim Perez of Fort Hays State University tells the story of how the annual Christmas Bird Count got its start in 1901 and how this conservation effort continues today on the Humanities Hotline.
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People
Hotline: The Story of Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is observed for seven days after Christmas through New Year's Day. Lona Reeves of The Kansas African American Museum talks about the history and traditions of this celebration of African American culture.
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Places
Hotline: Lecompton's Christmas Trees
President of the Historic Lecompton Museum, Paul Bahnmaier, tells the story behind the museum's Christmas Tree exhibit.
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Hotline: Winter Soundtrack
Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit.
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