I took a tour group to Alabama in 2015 to trace the American Civil Rights Trail, running in a triangle from Birmingham to Montgomery to Selma and back to Birmingham.

This real-world example is Nicodemus, Kansas, the oldest African American town west of the Mississippi River and the longest-lasting Black homesteader colony in America. Nicodemus was settled by my ...

Knowledge is power,” so the saying goes. Just how knowledgeable are you about the units of the National Park System? You may ...

Donna Rae Pearson, of Topeka, has accepted the position of executive director of the Nicodemus Historical Society ... employed as a curator at the Kansas Historical Society.

Kansas seldom promotes itself as a destination for Black history enthusiasts, and we’re leaving lots of potential tourist ...

Many of these towns were victims of racial violence, economic challenges, and government policies that led to their decline or destruction.

For some of these “Texodusters,” as they have come to be called, Kansas was just that place. Kansas was seen by many African Americans at the time as somewhat of a “promised land,” both because of its ...

Kansas State University's future funding for agricultural research is uncertain due to turmoil in the Trump administration. Elon Musk, leading an informal government efficiency department, has ...

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 ...

The first chapter of the 2025 Sunflower Showdown sees Kansas State basketball (7-9, 1-4 Big 12) traveling to Lawrence on Saturday, aiming to break a long-standing losing streak against the No. 10 ...

Two in-state rivals in dire need of a bounce-back victory will meet Saturday on CBS as No. 9 Kansas plays host to Kansas State in the first of two meetings between the in-state foes. The Jayhawks ...