Kansas Stories - Humanities Kansas

Trailblazers

"We don't tell Black women's stories enough," says Donna Rae Pearson, from "Making Agreements" a project that's collecting, sharing and archiving stories and details of Black women involved in Kansas' political sphere.

Full Story

Full Story Hotline: The Memorial of Emmett Till Dave Tell, Professor of Communications Studies at the University of Kansas, tells the story of the struggle to memorialize Emmett Till. Full Story

Full Story Buffalo Soldiers in the Heart of America Posted to forts along the Santa Fe Trail, the Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry provided protection for travelers on the trail, but they were not immune to racial tensions of the day. Full Story

Full Story Hotline: "Who But the Lord" John Edgar Tidwell, professor emeritus of English from the University of Kansas reads a poem by Langston Hughes. Full Story

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

Full Story Hotline: The Cultural Importance of Indigenous Food Listen as Devon Mihesuah talks about the cultural importance of indigenous foods. Full Story

Full Story Hotline: The History of the Tortilla Listen as Gene Chávez recounts the centuries of story of the tortilla and shares a recipe for a flour tortilla. Full Story

Full Story Keeping Tradition Alive: Native American Heritage Month November is Native American Heritage Month, a time in which we celebrate the contributions of native peoples to the United States and honor the the rich cultural heritage of our indigenous tribes. Full Story

Native American leaders and Calvin Coolidge

Full Story Hotline: Native American Voting Rights Erin Raux of the Mid-America All-Indian Museum gives a brief history of Native American voting rights. Full Story

Full Story Hotline: Dockum Drugstore Sit-in Prisca Barnes of Storytime Village, Inc. recounts the story of the 1958 Dockum Drugstore Sit-in, the first successful student-led citizen. Full Story

Full Story Somos de Wichita/We Are Wichitan Somos de Wichita/We Are Wichitan is an online exhibition that captures the stories of the Latinx members of the Wichita community. Full Story

exhibition entrance that looks like a thrift store window

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.

Full Story

Full Story FREE History: Seeing Today’s Kansas in Yesterday’s Actions 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. Full Story

Full Story We Read Frederick Douglass 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. Full Story

Full Story Making Agreements 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. Full Story

Full Story From Masa to Mariachi: Exploring the Mexican Immigrant Experience in Kansas 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. Full Story

Full Story Voices from Topeka 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. Full Story

Full Story Place and Memory 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. Full Story

Full Story Faces and Places "Faces of the East Side Neighborhoods," is a photo documentary project exploring the human legacy a Mexican immigrant community established within Dodge City in the early 20th century. Full Story

Full Story I Just Want to Testify... A documentary film and hosted a community town hall commemorate the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case. Full Story

Full Story What Does Your Horizon Look Like? What's on the horizon for the historically African American and Latino neighborhoods of North Wichita? A project to collect the stories and community vision of residents is now a new exhibition, "The Color Line." Full Story

Full Story AbOriginal Lakota Hip Hop artist Frank Waln uses his artistry to consciously reconnect to his culture and language. He is coming to Kansas as part of the Highland Community College Cultural Series in 2019. Full Story

The World Grows Here

The "Strangers in Town" documentary film tells the story about how global migration transformed and enriched Garden City. The film was supported by a Humanities for All grant.

Full Story