As the Civil War drew to a close, one young slave is catapulted into the journey of a lifetime. The death and destruction of the American Civil War did not reach many of the isolated southern plantations until the South had already been knocked to it...
Owned by Shalor Eldridge, lives were lost when Missouri Border Ruffians destroyed the hotel with a canon on May 21, 1856. More citizens died when Quantrill burned the hotel to the ground in 1863. It is no secret that forlorn ghosts of the dearly depa...
A negro maid is killed by the husband of a prominent, white family. Evidence reveals that the dead woman was actually from the husband's past. A secret jury was revived and empaneled to ensure the prominent white man's acquittal. Lawrence's mayor, se...
In 1890 Lawrence, Kansas, Negroes suffered widespread discrimination and segregation. Even the University of Kansas, built on Mount Oread, considered them incapable of learning more than rudimentary subjects such as the days of the week, months of th...
In 1890, up and coming, Lawrence, Kansas, Negroes suffered widespread discrimination and segregation. In spite of these challenges, The real Sam Jeans, a Negro, was recruited for the Lawrence Police Department, and later rose to the position of assi...
It is said that the miles of steam tunnels winding their way under the Kansas University Campus were home to escaped convicts, the homeless, and misfits. The mysteries of the labyrinth are a constant source of intrigue for students and faculty alike....
American history portrays abolitionist John Brown as a madman, insane killer, and vicious fanatic. Brown’s legendary status was forged during the “Bleeding Kansas” Civil War and was solidified during the siege at Harpers Ferry.Contemporary his...
Langston Hughes was one of the most important poets of the twentieth century and known as the poet laureate of black life and culture. Abject loneliness, poverty, and unhappiness filled young Langston's childhood years lived in Lawrence, Kansas. This...