Signature Event Lift Every Voice: The Enduring Power of Langston Hughes Wednesday, April 21, 2021 6:30pm Online The Library celebrates the life and work of Missouri-born poet, playwright, and novelist Langston Hughes in a multifaceted event coin... Read More
Signature Event The Montford Point Marines: A Case Study on Integration Tuesday, March 30, 2021 6:30pm Online When President Franklin Roosevelt signed a 1941 executive order banning discrimination in the military and all other government agencies “because o... Read More
Signature Event Brides on the Santa Fe Trail Sunday, March 14, 2021 3:00pm Online In commemoration of the bicentennial anniversary of the Santa Fe Trail, historian Joy L. Poole examines the stories of five wives who... Read More
Signature Event A Legacy of Leadership Sunday, February 21, 2021 3:00pm Online While his story is not widely known, Kansas City civil rights leader Leon M. Jordan was among the most influential African Americans in Missou... Read More
Signature Event Truman Takes Over: ‘Like the Moon, Stars, and Planets Had Fallen on Me’ Tuesday, December 8, 2020 6:30pm Online Harry S. Truman was scarcely prepared to assume the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in April 1945. He’d been vice president for... Read More
Signature Event Virtual City School Fair 2020 Saturday, November 14, 2020 10:00am Online Which Kansas City school is best for your child? What are the offerings? The differences? This year’s City School Fair g... Read More
Signature Event Tom Pendergast and the Feud That Changed the Way States Choose Their Supreme Court Judges Thursday, October 8, 2020 6:30pm Online The model for fairly selecting judges across much of our country is known as the Missouri Plan, born some 80 years ago in response to the political... Read More
Signature Event The Liberation of Manila Tuesday, October 6, 2020 6:30pm Online The Library’s long, popular partnership with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth resumes with the first in a new serie... Read More
Signature Event Strictly Speaking: Equal Rights Should Have No Deadline Saturday, August 29, 2020 10:00am Online How close are we to ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment? The question hangs anew over Congress. And the courts. Erica Bens... Read More
Signature Event Qualified Rights: Women’s Suffrage, Citizenship, and the 19th Amendment Reconsidered Tuesday, August 18, 2020 6:30pm Online One hundred years ago this month, women won their fight for the right to vote – though not all of them. Black women, who had pleaded as passionatel... Read More