Program Series 2010-2011
The 2010-2011 Program series, Commemorating Our Nation's Struggle for Freedom: From Civil War to Civil Rights, was presented by the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research and the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. The September program was co-sponsored by Washburn University. Click on a program name below for more information.
September 12, 2010
We Shall Not Be Moved
Film and discussion about the legacy of African American Farmers
October 9, 2010
Saturday Night at the Downbeat
Hispanic Heritage Month Concert
October 2, 2010-November 6, 2010
Those Who Came Before: Mexican-Americans in Kansas 1900-1950
Traveling Exhibit
November 7, 2010
Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
Author led lecture and Discussion
November 10-December 8, 2010
Abraham Lincoln: A Man for His Time, A Man for All Times
Traveling Exhibit
December 10, 2010-January 2, 2011
Lincoln in Kansas
Traveling Exhibit
January 4, 2011-February 6, 2011
Commemorating the Struggle for Freedom in Kansas
Exhibit featuring local high school artists
January 11-February 26, 2011
Courage: The Vision to End Segregation. The Guts to Fight for it.
Exhibit
February 27, 2011
Davis v. Prince Edward County School Board, Farmville, Virginia
One of the cases combined with Brown v. Board of Education
Film clip and discussion with Virginia case plaintiffs
March 6, 2011
The Hillsboro Story
A play about school desegregation after Brown v. Board
March 1-30, 2011
Sankofa: Lessons Learned
Quilt Exhibit
March 27, 2011
Lasting Legacies of the Civil War
Half-day Symposium
April 1-29, 2011
The Battle of Black Jack
Traveling Exhibit
April 17, 2011
The Battle of Black Jack: Prelude to Civil War
A Portrayal of John Brown
May 17, 2011
57th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
Annual commemorative event
May 3-30, 2011
The Attorneys of Brown v. Board of Education
Exhibit
June 26, 2011
Freedom Riders
Author led lecture and panel discussion with Freedom Riders
June 26-July 27, 2011
Freedom Riders Photography Exhibit
Exhibit
July 17, 2011
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Film and discussion
August 1, 2011-September 29, 2011
Commemorating Our Nation’s Struggle for Freedom
Exhibit featuring Topeka Area Artists
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