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Vietnam Display Close Full Story People   “If They Want to Enlist, Tell ‘Em to Do it Now” Full Story Walker School students and teachers Full Story Places   Before Brown: Madam C.J. Walker School and Desegregation Full Story Jacque Sherrill Full Story People   Meet Jacque Sherrill Jacque is the director at the Jetmore Public Library. Full Story Kirk Sharp Full Story People   Meet Kirk Sharp Kirk is the Executive Director at the Gordon Parks Museum in Fort Scott. Full Story
Jancita Warrington   Full Story Meet Jancita Warrington Jancita is the Executive Director of Native American Affairs. Full Story
Bill Tsutsui   Full Story Meet Bill Tsutsui Bill Tsutsui is the Chancellor and Professor of History at Ottawa University. Full Story
Wickware   Full Story Frank Wickware: From Girard, Kansas to Schenectady, New York Phil Dixon’s visit to Girard for a Humanities Kansas Speakers Bureau presentation begins an unforgettable week commemorating a Negro League legend from Kansas: Frank E. Wickware. Full Story
Coal Mine Full Story   Mining for Stories in a Kansas Ghost Town A new documentary, "Minersville: The Town, the Mines, the People, the Legacy", tells the little-known story of a ghost town. This documentary was supported by a Humanities For All Grant. Full Story
Kansas Freedom Fighters Full Story   African American Soldiers in the Civil War: A Kansas Story African American Midwest Documentary Project and the Nicodemus Historical Society partnered to create the "Kansas Free Fighters" documentary, with the support of a Humanities for All grant. Full Story
UFIO Full Story   It Was Us We Were Looking For: Kansas, UFOs, and the Unknown February 18th is Pluto Day, the 95th anniversary of Kansan Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery of Pluto. In commemoration, HK is sharing this essay, originally published in the Written in the Stars celestial poetry chapbook. Full Story
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Big Idea: A Filipino Writer in Wichita

Dr. Thomas X. Sarmiento explores a Kansas story from Wichita, discussing the life and work of writer Bienvenido Santos.

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Cash Hollistah Full Story People   Hotline: Winter Soundtrack Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit. Full Story woman and girl celebrating kwanzaa Full Story 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. Full Story chickadee on a snowy branch Full Story 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. Full Story mug on stack of books Full Story Literature   Hotline: Winter Reading Recommendations Miranda Ericsson, Readers Librarian for the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, gives some fun winter reading recommendations. Full Story
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Go Swedes! Preserving Hyllningsfest in Lindsborg

Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum received a Cultural Preservation Grant from HK supporting the Hyllningsfest Photo Digitization project.

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