Starting Wednesday, Dec 3, the Central Library's 10th Street accessible entrance will temporarily close for elevator repairs. A phone number will be posted outside the Library to contact staff for assistance with navigating the temporary accessible entrance on Baltimore Ave.
The Border Reconstructed and Remembered, moderated by Gary Kremer, The State Historical Society of Missouri, and featuring talks by:
Aaron Astor, Maryville College; The Lexington Weekly Caucasian: White Supremacist Discourse in Post-Civil War Western Missouri
John McKerley, The State Historical Society of Missouri; Across the Bloody Chasm: Race, Liberalism, and the Reconstruction of Missouri Politics
Brent Campney, University of Texas – Pan American; “A Negro Hunting Ground?”: White Supremacy and Racist Violence in Kansas from the Civil War to the Exodus
Jeremy Neely, Missouri State University; The Quantrill Men Reunions: The Border Wars, Fifty Years On
Jennifer Weber, University of Kansas; “William Quantrill Is My Homeboy,” or, The Border Wars Go to College
Regular breaks are scheduled throughout this session. A question and answer session follows the presentations.
This event is co-sponsored by: Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas, Barton P. and Mary D. Cohen Charitable Trust, Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area, Bernardin Haskell Lecture Fund, Center for Regional Studies at the University of Missouri–Kansas City
