Mar 17, 2021 | History / Social Studies, Kansas History, Program, Storytelling, Visual / Design Arts
This performance takes students through the history of the Kwanzaa mural and life at 9th and Cleveland in years past. Janice Burdine Thacker shares the history that inspired her art and the process she used to create...
Mar 17, 2021 | Character Education, History / Social Studies, Kansas History, Music, Program, Virtual Programs
The A.R.I.S.E. Ensemble presents Dockum: A Wichita Uprising. This concert, filmed at the Kansas African American Museum, explores Wichita’s role in the Civil Rights Movement. Through song and storytelling, A.R.I.S.E. explores the events leading to, during, and...
Mar 15, 2021 | History / Social Studies, Multicultural, Program, Virtual Programs, Visual / Design Arts
Quilting: Secret Messages Through Shapes _________________________________________________________________________________________ Join Mrs. Lenox-Barkus at The Kansas African-American Art Museum to discuss the history of quilt codes used during the Underground...
Mar 15, 2021 | History / Social Studies, Kansas History, Language Arts, Program
Pauline Sharp is a citizen of Kaw Nation and past vice-president of the Kaw Nation Cultural Committee. She tells the story of the Kanza (Kaw) people through the character of her grandmother, Lucy Tayiah Eads. Lucy was born in 1888 in a tipi on the banks of Little...
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