Blog /blog/stories/ Blog Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:57:55 +0000 How to Honor Black History Month in Wichita /blog/stories/post/how-to-honor-black-history-month-in-wichita/ /blog/stories/post/how-to-honor-black-history-month-in-wichita/#comments /blog/stories/post/how-to-honor-black-history-month-in-wichita/ Sun, 06 Feb 2022 07:00:00 -0500

From “Bleeding Kansas” to Brown v. Board of Education, Kansas offers unique pieces of Black history. Whether you are looking for ideas on how to honor Black History Month or ways to celebrate the history and culture of Black Americans, Wichita has many activities and events to consider.

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The Kansas motto Ad Astra Per Aspera (to the stars through difficulties) aptly describes the trajectory Black Kansans have followed over centuries of oppression and hardship. As the Kansas Territory was being settled in the 1850s, a deeply unsettling era known as Bleeding Kansas began. Proslavery

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Kansas’ role in the fight for freedom is well established. The Bleeding Kansas moniker accurately describes the era in the state’s history where pro-slavery and abolitionist activists clashed. This time in the state was a predictor of the Civil War, showing that the decision to abolish slavery

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