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Eisenhower's Middle Road

January 23, 2019 - May 22, 2019

Central Library

Dwight D. Eisenhower’s leadership style as president reflected his practical, level-headed Midwestern roots: Work from the middle to accomplish what t...

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Becoming American: The Century of Immigration

Monday, January 14, 2019 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Immigration is a central component of the American narrative. The Library launches a six-week series of film screenings and discussions exploring i...

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The Piano Lesson

Monday, February 4, 2019 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

The Piano Lesson endures as one of August Wilson’s most eloquent and powerful plays, an account of a Depression-era black fa...

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Through the Photographer's Lens: Kansas City's African American Community

Sunday, February 10, 2019 2:00pm

Central Library

Powerful imagery of protests and violence helped bring attention to America's civil rights movement. Black photographers of the era broadened the nati...

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Becoming American: Promise and Prejudice

Monday, February 11, 2019 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

The Library continues its examination of immigration, exploring the tension between America’s historical acceptance of newcomers and periodic backlash...

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Charting America's Economic Course

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

One of the architects of America’s current monetary policy started small. Esther George, then a teenager, stuffed canceled checks...

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Tell Them We Are Rising

Saturday, February 10, 2018 2:00pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

As part of the Indie Lens Pop-Up film series, the Library and KCPT–Kansas City PBS screen the documentary Tell Them We Are Rising...

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The Siege of Budapest

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Military historian Sean Kalic of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College discusses one of the most frightful urban battles of World War...

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The British ‘Beef Bonanza’

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Michael Grauer of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas, discusses the effort by British investors to cash in on American cattle in...

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Head 'Em Up and Move 'Em Out

Sunday, February 18, 2018 2:00pm

Central Library

In Person

Cowboy historian Jim Gray, executive director of the National Drovers Hall of Fame in Ellsworth, Kansas, recalls the early days of...

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