Activities | Kansas City Public Library

Quindaro: The Coming of Freedom in the Decade of Civil War

Thursday, April 19, 2018 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

In the keynote address for the Quindaro Symposium, held April 19-21 in Kansas City, Kansas, historian Quintard Taylor exp...

If It Looks Like a Man: Gender Identity, Female Soldiers, and 'Lady Bushwhackers' in the Civil War

Sunday, September 16, 2018 2:00pm

Central Library

In Person

Public historians Diane Eickhoff and Aaron Barnhart recall how hundreds of women defied cultural norms of the time t...

The Buffalo Soldiers: Their Epic Story and Major Campaigns

Sunday, February 12, 2017 2:00pm

Central Library

In Person

African-Americans have served proudly in every great American war, including the Civil War, where their verve and valor led to the establishment of...

Guerrillas in Our Midst

August 18, 2013 - December 29, 2013

Central Library

Before and during the Civil War, Confederate guerrillas – men like William Clarke Quantrill, “Bloody Bill” Anderson, and Frank and Jesse James – battl...

Lincoln and the Abolitionists

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

Was Abraham Lincoln the transcendent champion of African-American freedom that history books depict? Author Fred Kaplan tempers that...

A Fierce Glory: Antietam - The Desperate Battle that Saved Lincoln and Doomed Slavery

Thursday, November 1, 2018 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

There remains a haunting stillness over the grounds around Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland, where 3,650 Union and Confederate soldiers per...