Kansas Stories
Big Idea: It's Time to Understand the History of Black Voting Rights
What happened after the 15th Amendment was ratified? Dr. Kim Warren explains what the 15th Amendment did and did not do for African American voting rights.
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Big Idea: Coupling Jim and Jane Crow
Jim Crow impacted African Americans throughout the twentieth century. So did its accomplice Jane Crow. Dr. Ayesha K. Hardison describes how Jane Crow affected Black women's lives and shaped their writing and activism.
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Big Idea: It’s Time to Recognize the History of Race and Baseball in Kansas: The Good, The Bad, and the Magnificent
Beginning in the 1920s, the Kansas City Monarchs went on barnstorming tours of Kansas and surrounding states, competing with other Negro League teams as well as town teams.
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Big Idea: How Should We Honor Someone's Military Service?
Listening to and engaging with veterans about their military experience is the most meaningful way to thank someone for their service.
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Big Idea: Seeing the World Through the Eyes of Gordon Parks
Kirk Sharp shares the story of Fort Scott-native Gordon Parks and how he captured the inequalities of American life in the mid-1900s through iconic images of the civil rights movement and segregation.
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Big Idea: It's Time to Change the Way We Talk About Poverty
An estimated 875,000 Kansans are likely not making ends meet. Rather than place blame on why or how this happened, let's try to understand the real impact that economic insecurity has on our communities and neighbors.
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Big Idea: It's Time for More Representation in STEM
An estimated 875,000 Kansans are likely not making ends meet. Rather than place blame on why or how this happened, let's try to understand the real impact that economic insecurity has on our communities and neighbors.
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Big Idea: We Need to Elevate Black Women's Stories
An estimated 875,000 Kansans are likely not making ends meet. Rather than place blame on why or how this happened, let's try to understand the real impact that economic insecurity has on our communities and neighbors.
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Big Idea: It's Time to Change the Way We Talk About Immigrants
An estimated 875,000 Kansans are likely not making ends meet. Rather than place blame on why or how this happened, let's try to understand the real impact that economic insecurity has on our communities and neighbors.
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Changing How We Talk About the Civil Rights Movement
An estimated 875,000 Kansans are likely not making ends meet. Rather than place blame on why or how this happened, let's try to understand the real impact that economic insecurity has on our communities and neighbors.
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The Heart of the Matter: The Role of Humanities
An estimated 875,000 Kansans are likely not making ends meet. Rather than place blame on why or how this happened, let's try to understand the real impact that economic insecurity has on our communities and neighbors.
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Writing for the Event: Bring Back the Occasional Poem
An estimated 875,000 Kansans are likely not making ends meet. Rather than place blame on why or how this happened, let's try to understand the real impact that economic insecurity has on our communities and neighbors.
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