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
Signature Event Woodrow Wilson - A. Scott Berg Thursday, October 3, 2013 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person A century after his inauguration, President Woodrow Wilson remains among the most influential figures of the 20th century—and o... Read More
Signature Event The Triumph & Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson - Joseph A. Califano Jr. Wednesday, July 15, 2015 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Lyndon Johnson had the misfortune of following the handsome, martyred John F. Kennedy into the White House and then miring his country in Vietnam.... Read More
Signature Event The Sack of Lawrence and the Guerrilla War Wednesday, August 21, 2013 6:30pm Central Library In Person On the 150th anniversary of William Clarke Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence, Tony R. Mullis of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff... Read More