But wagon wheel ruts aren’t the only reminder of that dream; they lead to the small, unincorporated community of Nicodemus, Kansas, the oldest, and last remaining, all Black town in the American ...

Nicodemus is the oldest and only remaining black settlement west of the Mississippi. The town was founded in 1877 by former slaves who came mainly from Lexington, Kentucky, to settle in Kansas.

According to KWU, “Ellis Trail” is the story of pregnant newlywed Emma Johnson-Williams’s journey west and the birth of the ...

St. Nicodemus was a secret disciple of Jesus. As a member of the Sanhedrin, he would meet Jesus by night so that the others would not see him with Jesus. Eventually, it was Nicodemus who reminded ...