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Agents of Innovation

Tuesday, June 13, 2017 6:30pm
Central Library
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While battlefields were quiet, the nearly 21-year interwar period between World Wars I and II was hardly inconsequential. Particularly on the U.S....
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Recaptured Africans

Monday, June 19, 2017 6:30pm
Central Library
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As part of the country’s celebration of Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., Occidental College history professor Sharla...
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American Eclipse

American Eclipse

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 6:30pm
Central Library
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In Kansas City and across the country, anticipation is building for the total solar eclipse of August 21. It parallels the nation’s fervor in 1878,...
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Henry Ossian Flipper

Henry Ossian Flipper

Wednesday, July 26, 2017 6:30pm
Central Library
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A questionable court-martial ended Henry Ossian Flipper's military career in 1882—he'd be pardoned more than a century later—but it scarcely staine...
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