New African American History Titles Highlight Library Picks
February marks National African American History Month as the library surveys recent additions. Highlights include What Brown v. Board of Education Should Have Said, American Patriots by Gail Buckley, Prime Time by Marilyn Gaston, A Gentleman of Color by Julie Winch, and Martin Luther King Jr. by Marshall Frady, with brief bios and historical context across American Civil Rights and Black military service.
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Brown v. Board of Education
U.S
Gail Buckley
Buckley
Lena Horne
America
Marilyn Gaston
James Forten
Julie Winch
B Forten
Forten
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Martin Luther King
Marshall Frady
B King
Frady
King
Kansas plays major role in black history, author says
University of Kansas English professor John Edgar Tidwell frames Kansas as a inclusive archive of African American history. The piece traces Underground Railroad routes, John Brown era sites, Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Leavenworth, Exoduster settlements like Nicodemus, and the Brown v. Board of Education site in Topeka, noting public tours ahead of 2003 openings.
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Beccy Tanner
Wichita Eagle
Wichita
John Edgar Tidwell
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Tidwell
Kansas
John Brown
Missouri
South
Underground Railroad
National Underground Railroad
United States
Canada
Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Odawatomie
Adair
Florella
Samuel Adair
Florella Adair
Samuel
Kansas Territory
Fort Leavenworth
10Th
Hays
Fort Hays State University
Fort Hays
9Th
Nicodemus
Topeka
National Park Service
Elvis Is Alive Says Doctor in KC Book Claim
Kansas City doctors and Elvis superfans promote a book claiming Elvis Presley faked his death 25 years ago to escape drugs and media pressure. Dr. Donald Hinton says Elvis, now calling himself Jesse, lives in recluse with arthritis, travels with friends, and communicates through letters to fans.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Elvis
Elvis Presley
Graceland
King
Miami
Donald W. Hinton
Elvis Aron Presley
American Literary Press
Amazon.com
Hinton
University of Kansas
Jesse
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AccuWeather.com
Salina
Franklin
Anderson
Coffey
Osage
Wstoms
Reason
Tawney -Geo-Pont
Billck-Cad
Uheast
Ingam
Ammiean
Outhry
Lour
Kansas Cor
Philadelphia
Henry Ossian Flipper
West Point
Charles Young
Buffalo
Charlie
Ohio
Washington, D.C
Barbara
Lane
James Henry Lane
Iowa
Nebraska
Quindaro
Missouri River
Robert Miller
Wabaunsee
1St
Kansas Colored Infantry
Congress
U.S. Cavalry
Maria Sudekum Fisher
Kim Hunziker
Farm Bureau Financial Services
Sance
Havesiments
Daniel
Mally
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!