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Using clips of movies from 1998’s seminal Smoke Signals to present-day releases, film and media history scholar Joanna Hearne...

The infamous Missouri Executive Order 44 – known as the Extermination Order – was issued by Gov. Lilburn W. Boggs on October 27, 1838, forcing thou...

It was described at the time as “a massacre that changes the meaning of ma...

Alexandra Brodsky is a civil rights lawyer, author, and founder of Know Your IX, a youth-led organization working to fight gender violence in schools....

In conjunction with an evening reception celebrating the Library exhibition...

The Kansas City Indian Center and Haskell Indian Nations University join in launching the Library’s community-wide...

The Kansas City Repertory Theatre brings its adaptation of the award-winning stage drama The Royale to t...

When Michael Mardikes began visiting Thomas Hart Benton at his home studio in Kansas City in 1956, his challenge was to capture an artist renowned...

In rescuing some 70 enslaved people from Maryland’s Eastern Shore in the 1850s, shepherding them north along the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubm...

Which Kansas City school is best for your child? At the annual City School Fair, families can learn about more about 50 public, priva...