And it defined Kansas like it did no other state, said Deb Goodrich Bissel, a Kansas historian from Topeka. “We became a state at the beginning of the war,” Goodrich Bissel said.

Prior to the 1870s, during Kansas' territorial period, free blacks and fugitive slaves entered the state via the Underground Railroad and hid in stations near Lawrence, Topeka, Oskaloosa, Holton ...

Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, takes its name from noted Worcester industrialist ... The one-building school struggled from the start, with the Civil War making it difficult to gain momentum.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Special Memorial Day weekend activities are scheduled for Topeka and northeast Kansas. The activities will take place at the following locations: Saturday, May 25 ...

Signed 35 years ago this month, the ADA was the world’s first comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities — ...

Special presentations of "Saving the Flags" and Drum and Fife Music will be featured along with Area Scouts, JROTC, and Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War assistance. When: 9 a.m. May 24.

¢ After serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, George Washington Glick worked for adoption of the Kansas Constitution.¢ Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States ...

The 1954 Brown v Topeka case was an important turning point in the civil rights movement, as it showed that the Supreme Court was prepared to take action to end segregation in the USA.

Guest Commentary Before Civil War, Kansas town divided parties and even helped elect Abraham Lincoln | Opinion By Jack L. Oglesby II Special to The Kansas City Star October 30, 2023 5:02 AM ...