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Kansas 1972: Rattlebone Hollow
Founded by Exodusters in the late 1800s, Rattlebone Hollow was a thriving African-American community in Kansas City, Kansas. In 1972, the federal government built a landfill in the neighborhood.
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Kansas 1972: Uprooted
Urban renewal comes to Kansas in 1972 and irrevocably alters historic communities. One woman leads a movement to save a historic Wichita church.
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Remembering the Forgotten
A Douglas County project reclaims stories lost to time.
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Art from the Heart
A Lucas oral history project preserves the stories of Kansas grassroots artists.
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Water, Water Everywhere
Water is a powerful force. It carved the rolling hills and limestone ledges of the Flint Hills. But what happens when the water runs out?
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The Signs are Here!
A new sign trail retraces the filming locations of the 1969 move "The Learning Tree." The film was written, produced, and directed by Fort Scott native Gordon Parks.
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Kansas's Latino History, One Tour at a Time
A new sign trail retraces the filming locations of the 1969 move "The Learning Tree." The film was written, produced, and directed by Fort Scott native Gordon Parks.
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Convergence of Cultures
A new sign trail retraces the filming locations of the 1969 move "The Learning Tree." The film was written, produced, and directed by Fort Scott native Gordon Parks.
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Hotline: Kansas Holocaust Memorial
A new sign trail retraces the filming locations of the 1969 move "The Learning Tree." The film was written, produced, and directed by Fort Scott native Gordon Parks.
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Hotline: A Trip to the Supai Village
A new sign trail retraces the filming locations of the 1969 move "The Learning Tree." The film was written, produced, and directed by Fort Scott native Gordon Parks.
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Hotline: La Yarda
A new sign trail retraces the filming locations of the 1969 move "The Learning Tree." The film was written, produced, and directed by Fort Scott native Gordon Parks.
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Hotline: Lawrence's Black Churches
A new sign trail retraces the filming locations of the 1969 move "The Learning Tree." The film was written, produced, and directed by Fort Scott native Gordon Parks.
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Dunlap: Promised Land or Pit Stop Along the Way?
The end of the 19th century ushered in the age of the railroad in Kansas and across the United States.
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Root, Root, Root for the Wichita Teams
Two HK Grant Projects Explore Wichita's Rich Baseball History
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Hotline: Kansas Petroglyphs
Rex Buchanan, Director Emeritus of the Kansas Geological Survey, talks about Kansas petroglyphs and what they tell us about the people who made them and their relationship to the land.
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Colby: Continuity and Change
With time comes change. But what has stayed consistent in Colby over the past 114 years?
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Lebanon: True Middle
You’ve heard of true north, but have you heard of the “true middle”?
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