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Sorting Out Race

The Kauffman Museum's Sorting Out Race exhibition sparks conversations about racism and cultural stereotypes through knickknacks, games, books, and other memorabilia depicting racial imagery donated to thrift stores.

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Full Story It’s Time to Tell the Stories of African American Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship is an aspect of the historic and contemporary African American experience that remains relatively understudied by historians. Dr. Robert E. Weems, Jr., sheds light on this phenomenon. Full Story

Full Story Pandemic Stories from Sabetha The experiences of the pandemic inspired Mary Cotton Public Library to capture the stories of adaptation, survival, and perseverance that so many Sabetha residents have been living through over the course of 2020. Full Story

Full Story Oh, SNAP! Farmers Market Makes Food Fresh, Affordable, and Local Iola at the Crossroads: After the grocery store closed, the farmers market returned to Iola. Now open three days a week, the market provides fresh, healthy food to families of all income levels. Full Story

historic farm and stagecoach with people

Full Story Rural Roots While considered an urban community today, Olathe’s roots are rural. Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm Historic Site is at the crossroads of rural and urban in Olathe. Full Story

Full Story Kansas City Legacy Bandleaders in the Time of COVID-19 For decades, the legacy of Kansas City’s early 20th century bandleaders and musicians has lived on in bars and clubs in both Kansas and Missouri. A new video series captures KC Metro bandleaders response to COVID-19. Full Story

Full Story FREE History: Seeing Today’s Kansas in Yesterday’s Actions A new online series, FREE History, explores events in Kansas history that connect with the human rights work taking place across the country today. Full Story

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Full Story Big Idea: Images from the Mind of a Bi-Racial Black Woman Inspired by Gordon Parks, Ann Dean wields the camera as her weapon to tell the truth, share stories, and communicate her worldview. She challenges others to find their own weapon of choice to tell their stories. Full Story

Full Story New Connections to the Old West at Dodge City’s Boot Hill Museum Boot Hill Museum is filled with stories and artifacts about the Old West. The staff is so committed to sharing those stories that nothing - not even a global pandemic - will stop them. Watch video tours to learn more. Full Story

Full Story The Santa Fe Trail Lives On! The Santa Fe Trail is turning 200. A new podcast series features stories of those who lived, worked, and died along the trail that crosses Kansas. Full Story

Full Story Stuck at Home? Take a "Portal to the Past." Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area's “Portals to the Past" online series is designed to engage the public with first-person historic interpretation while addressing social distancing concerns. Full Story

Salt is Cool, Salt is Cool: Strataca’s Tour Tuesdays with Rocky

Rocky to the rescue! Faced with temporary closure due to Covid-19, Strataca: Underground Salt Museum had to get creative to reach their audiences. Enter Rocky, an animated salt crystal and virtual tour guide.

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Full Story We Are Hodgeman Strong Rocky to the rescue! Faced with temporary closure due to Covid-19, Strataca: Underground Salt Museum had to get creative to reach their audiences. Enter Rocky, an animated salt crystal and virtual tour guide. Full Story

Full Story “Ladies Westward Ho”: “History from Home” with the Museum of World Treasures Rocky to the rescue! Faced with temporary closure due to Covid-19, Strataca: Underground Salt Museum had to get creative to reach their audiences. Enter Rocky, an animated salt crystal and virtual tour guide. Full Story

Full Story From Beef to Banks: “Clark County’s Response to COVID-19” Rocky to the rescue! Faced with temporary closure due to Covid-19, Strataca: Underground Salt Museum had to get creative to reach their audiences. Enter Rocky, an animated salt crystal and virtual tour guide. Full Story

Full Story We Read Frederick Douglass Rocky to the rescue! Faced with temporary closure due to Covid-19, Strataca: Underground Salt Museum had to get creative to reach their audiences. Enter Rocky, an animated salt crystal and virtual tour guide. Full Story

Full Story Big Idea: Free Did Not Mean Welcome for My Family Rocky to the rescue! Faced with temporary closure due to Covid-19, Strataca: Underground Salt Museum had to get creative to reach their audiences. Enter Rocky, an animated salt crystal and virtual tour guide. Full Story

miniature reproduction of the worlds largest cow hairball

Full Story From Giant Hairballs to Tiny Paintings Rocky to the rescue! Faced with temporary closure due to Covid-19, Strataca: Underground Salt Museum had to get creative to reach their audiences. Enter Rocky, an animated salt crystal and virtual tour guide. Full Story

Full Story Meet Kim Stanley Kim Stanley is chair of the Department of Modern Languages at McPherson College. She enjoys using literature to help people talk and write about their lives and ideas. Full Story

Full Story Pandemic, Interracial Strife, and the Saving Grace of Humanities John Edgar Tidwell writes, "As we weather the current pandemic and interracial strife, we should turn to humanities’ inherent saving grace." Full Story

Full Story A History Home Run As baseball fans wait and wait and wait for the Major League baseball season to start, it’s a good time to take a look back at some great moments from baseball history right here in Kansas. Full Story

Full Story Spark a Conversation with Big Ideas about Women This Movement of Ideas kit looks at the role of Kansas women in history and science and the importance of challenging stereotypes. Read the Big Idea essays and find activities to spark conversations. Full Story

Making Agreements

“Making Agreements: Black Women in Kansas Government and Social Activism” is amplifying the stories of and experiences of Black Women in Kansas politics. The project is supported by an HK grant.

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