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SUMMARY:“Children of the Promised Land” Presentation - EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.\n\n\n\n"Children of the Promised Land"\n\nPresentation Explores Lives of Free-Born Children after Civil War\n\nGuest Speaker: Angela Bates\n\nTuesday\, March 17\, 2020\, from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Gordon Parks Museum\n\nPlease feel free to bring your lunch and drinks\, dessert will be provided!\n\n\n\nNicodemus\, a small\, unincorporated town in Graham County\, is the only remaining western\n\ntown established by African Americans during the Reconstruction Period following the Civil War.\n\nToday the town is a National Historic Site. This pictorial history explores the unique experience\n\nof mothers and their children in Nicodemus\, some of whom were the first members of their\n\nfamilies born free.\n\n\n\nAngela Bates is the executive director of the Nicodemus Historical Society. She presents educational\n\nprograms across the nation covering Nicodemus\, Exodusters and black towns in the West\,\n\nBuffalo Soldiers\, and black women in the West.\n\n\n\n"Children of the Promised Land" is part of Humanities Kansas's Movement of Ideas Speakers\n\nBureau\, featuring presentations and workshops designed to share stories that inspire\, spark\n\nconversations that inform\, and generate insights that strengthen civic engagement.\n\n\n\nFor more information about "Children of the Promised Land" contact the Gordon Parks Museum\n\nat 620 -223-2700 ext 5850 or visit http://www.gordonparkscenter.org/.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.<br />\n<br />\n&ldquo\;Children of the Promised Land&rdquo\;<br />\nPresentation Explores Lives of Free-Born Children after Civil War<br />\nGuest Speaker: Angela Bates<br />\nTuesday\, March 17\, 2020\, from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Gordon Parks Museum<br />\nPlease feel free to bring your lunch and drinks\, dessert will be provided!<br />\n<br />\nNicodemus\, a small\, unincorporated town in Graham County\, is the only remaining western<br />\ntown established by African Americans during the Reconstruction Period following the Civil War.<br />\nToday the town is a National Historic Site. This pictorial history explores the unique experience<br />\nof mothers and their children in Nicodemus\, some of whom were the first members of their<br />\nfamilies born free.<br />\n<br />\nAngela Bates is the executive director of the Nicodemus Historical Society. She presents educational<br />\nprograms across the nation covering Nicodemus\, Exodusters and black towns in the West\,<br />\nBuffalo Soldiers\, and black women in the West.<br />\n<br />\n&ldquo\;Children of the Promised Land&rdquo\; is part of Humanities Kansas&rsquo\;s Movement of Ideas Speakers<br />\nBureau\, featuring presentations and workshops designed to share stories that inspire\, spark<br />\nconversations that inform\, and generate insights that strengthen civic engagement.<br />\n<br />\nFor more information about &ldquo\;Children of the Promised Land&rdquo\; contact the Gordon Parks Museum<br />\nat 620 -223-2700 ext 5850 or visit http://www.gordonparkscenter.org/.<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:At the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at Fort Scott Community College 2108 S. Horton Fort Scott\, KS 66701
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DTSTAMP:20260430T151142Z
URL:https://fortscott.com/events/details/children-of-the-promised-land-presentation-event-has-been-canceled-14202
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