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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.

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Lutie Full Story People   Celebrating Our Stories: Topeka Trailblazers The Our Stories traveling exhibition weaves together the stories of African American Topeka, past and present. Full Story Sprouls Full Story People   For the Love of the Prairie A four-part interview series is preserving the stories of Kansas farmers and ranchers. Full Story photo of female 1940s college students at a party Full Story People   Hotline: Marymount College Dr. Patricia Ackerman, freelance writer and professor of language arts at Kansas State University, shares the holiday traditions of Marymount College on the Humanities Holiday Hotline. Full Story 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 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
Hyllningsfest   Full Story 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. Full Story
Porubsky Grocery Sign   Full Story Porubsky's -- Transcendent Deli Porubsky’s – Transcendent Deli follows Matthew Porubsky on his journey to discover the history and appeal of the business his grandparents began in the Little Russia neighborhood in Topeka over seventy years ago. Full Story
Huascar Medina Full Story   Hotline: "Mi Isla" Poet Laureate of Kansas Huascar Medina reads his poem “Mi Isla.” Full Story
board game pieces Full Story   Hotline: The History of Board Games Daniel Ireton of Kansas State University shares the history of the board game. Full Story
statue of woman in a bonnet Full Story   Hotline: The Legend of the Blue Light Lady Generations of Hays residents have stories about seeing or seeking the ghostly "Blue Light Lady." Jim Hoy tells the story of Elizabeth Polly and how she became the "Blue Light Lady" of Hays. Full Story
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From Wichita to Hollywood: Honoring Hattie McDaniel

The Hattie McDaniel exhibition will be part of the Tallgrass Film Festival, October 24-27.

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Ada Limón Full Story   In Praise of Mystery: The Poetry of Ada Limón The Hattie McDaniel exhibition will be part of the Tallgrass Film Festival, October 24-27. Full Story Santa Fe Trail Full Story   A Rendezvous with History The Hattie McDaniel exhibition will be part of the Tallgrass Film Festival, October 24-27. Full Story Tsutsui Godzilla Full Story   Humanities vs. Godzilla The Hattie McDaniel exhibition will be part of the Tallgrass Film Festival, October 24-27. Full Story nesahkluah and stone Full Story   A New Portrait of Stafford County The Hattie McDaniel exhibition will be part of the Tallgrass Film Festival, October 24-27. Full Story Strain - Kicking Goal Full Story   Snapshots of History The Hattie McDaniel exhibition will be part of the Tallgrass Film Festival, October 24-27. Full Story Basketball History Full Story   Oil and Gold: The McPherson Globe Refiners Basketball Story The Hattie McDaniel exhibition will be part of the Tallgrass Film Festival, October 24-27. Full Story
Lift Kansans Out of the Mud Logo Full Story People   Voices and Votes: Out of the Mud Belleville is known by its slogan “The Crossroads of America,” thanks to the efforts of newspaper editor and good roads advocate A.Q. Miller. Full Story close up of corn Full Story People   Hotline: The Cultural Importance of Indigenous Food Listen as Devon Mihesuah talks about the cultural importance of indigenous foods. Full Story illustration of a scene from Hamlet Full Story People   Hotline: Ghosts in Literature Kim Stanley of McPherson College discusses the role of ghosts in Western literature, from The Odyssey to Hamlet to The Haunting of Hill House. Full Story typical audience Full Story People   Voices and Votes: "The Most American Thing in America" Theodore Roosevelt called Chautauqua “the most American thing in America.” Like many Kansas communities, Winfield played a vital role in this turn-of-the-20th century movement of ideas. Full Story
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Hughes and Parks: Renaissance Men

"Hughes + Parks" is a new exhibition supported by a Humanities For All grant at the Gordon Parks Museum in Fort Scott exploring the friendship and legacy of these two famous Kansans.

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