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Las Nuevas Adelitas: The Power of Women oral history and short film explore the historical and cultural contributions of Mexican American women.

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group of musicians playing bluegrass music Full Story People   Kansas 1972: Returning to Roots Music In the Fall of 1972, around 10,000 people descended on the Winfield fairgrounds to enjoy a long weekend of camping, crafts, and bluegrass music. 50 years later, the festival has created a community around bluegrass. Full Story Ira Wagner and Fred Brand Full Story People   Flood of Memories Osawatomie Public Library’s history lab is preserving residents’ stories of past floods. Full Story 1972 campaign mailer Full Story People   Kansas 1972: Decision 1972 Explore the 1972 election year, including who won, the changes to come, and a few larger-than-life individuals. Full Story Keeper of the Plains Full Story People   Blackbear Bosin, Painter of Songs A Wichita museum is preserving and digitizing the artist's work for future generations. Full Story
Earth as seen from the moon   Full Story Kansas 1972: To the Stars While a Kansan was orbiting the moon in 1972, the state was also a hotbed of UFO sightings. A proposed space shuttle launch site in western Kansas was met with local opposition. Full Story
Back of an ERA T shirt   Full Story Kansas 1972: Women on the Move Kansas was the seventh state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment on March 28, 1972. Hear how the ERA was ratified in Kansas and the challenges it faced after ratification. Full Story
Humanities Kansas 50th Proclamation 2022   Full Story By Proclamation: 50 Years of Humanities Kansas Governor Laura Kelly proclaimed 2022 as the 50th Anniversary of Humanities Kansas, making it the most recent in a five-decade long history of gubernatorial proclamations supporting the humanities. Full Story
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photo of Wescoe Hall at KU Full Story   Kansas 1972: Ramp It Up! Why was the construction of Wescoe Hall at the University of Kansas halted in 1972? Learn how Roger Williams used the courts to make the building and the rest of Kansas accessible to wheelchair users. Full Story
car bumper with protest number sticker Full Story   Kansas 1972: Get Up, Stand Up! In the early 1970s, Kansans advocated for change on campuses, in high schools, and in the grocery aisles through sit-in, protests, and boycotts. Full Story
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Welcome to Kansas 1972!

Welcome to Kansas 1972, the new podcast that tells stories of Kansas’s connections to national events in 1972 and how it was in this time and place that Humanities Kansas was created. Listen to the series introduction.

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group of people at public event Full Story   Kansas 1972: From a Seed Ideas Grow Welcome to Kansas 1972, the new podcast that tells stories of Kansas’s connections to national events in 1972 and how it was in this time and place that Humanities Kansas was created. Listen to the series introduction. Full Story man and women talking Full Story   Back to '72 in '22 Welcome to Kansas 1972, the new podcast that tells stories of Kansas’s connections to national events in 1972 and how it was in this time and place that Humanities Kansas was created. Listen to the series introduction. Full Story Cash Hollistah Full Story   Hotline: Winter Soundtrack Welcome to Kansas 1972, the new podcast that tells stories of Kansas’s connections to national events in 1972 and how it was in this time and place that Humanities Kansas was created. Listen to the series introduction. Full Story Crossroads: Change in Rural America Full Story   Crossroads: Change in Rural America Welcome to Kansas 1972, the new podcast that tells stories of Kansas’s connections to national events in 1972 and how it was in this time and place that Humanities Kansas was created. Listen to the series introduction. Full Story man sitting in a chair Full Story   Hotline: Charles Curtis Welcome to Kansas 1972, the new podcast that tells stories of Kansas’s connections to national events in 1972 and how it was in this time and place that Humanities Kansas was created. Listen to the series introduction. Full Story loose stacking hay Full Story   Hotline: Loose Stacking Hay Welcome to Kansas 1972, the new podcast that tells stories of Kansas’s connections to national events in 1972 and how it was in this time and place that Humanities Kansas was created. Listen to the series introduction. Full Story
women marching together Full Story People   The Amazon Army Marches On After 100 years, the legacy of the Amazon Army marches on in Franklin. Full Story Amelia Earhart at an airfield in 1935 Full Story People   Famous Kansan Takes Flight Amelia Earhart’s legacy preserved in new museum in Atchison. Full Story women working on a language preservation project Full Story People   Language Keepers An interactive online dictionary project is preserving an endangered indigenous language. Full Story Blackbear Bosin Full Story People   Hotline: Blackbear Bosin Erin Raux, Museum Director and Curator of the Mid-America All-Indian Museum, shares the story of Blackbear Bosin, the artist behind Wichita's iconic Keeper of the Plains sculpture. Full Story
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Hotline: Encountering John Brown

Natalie Vondrak, Watkins Museum of History Summer Fellow, provides a brief history of John Brown - a Kansas icon - in preparation of their new national traveling exhibit, Encountering John Brown.

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