The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Search Results
Filter results by
Books & Media
KCLibrary.org
Fullscreen
No Results Found
{{ book.title }}, {{ book.sub_title }}
{{ book.authors[0].name }}
{{ book.publication_date }}
{{ book.series[0].name }}
{{ format.name }}
{{ book.description.substring(0, 250) + '...' }}
{{ book.description }}
Fullscreen
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Betty Ford is known for her battles with breast cancer and substance abuse. But perhaps even more than these struggles, says biograph...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
The slave Dred Scott claimed that his residence in a free state transformed him into a free man. When the Court decided otherwise,...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Homer Plessy—a man of seven-eighths Caucasian descent and one-eighth African descent who was nevertheless considered black under Louisiana law—boar...
Thursday, August 29, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
When police in Ohio raided Dollree Mapp’s home looking for evidence in a bombing, all they found were some “lascivious books.” Mapp appealed her porno...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Author-educator Herbert Alan Johnson explains how a lawsuit over a steamboat monopoly ultimately led to Congress gaining the power to...
Thursday, September 19, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Few Supreme Court decisions have stirred up as much controversy, vitriolic debate, and even violence as 1973’s Roe v. Wade, which affirmed a woman’...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
As the oldest and favorite daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Martha “Patsy” Jefferson Randolph was well educated, known on two continents...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Lady Bird Johnson was no mere White House photo prop.
The former Claudia Taylor once was described by husband Lyndon Johnson as “the brains a...
Thursday, September 26, 2024
1:00pm
In Person
Beth is a crisis helpline volunteer who gets on the phone every night, fielding calls from people who feel lonely, broken, and helpless. During her...
Thursday, October 24, 2024
1:00pm
In Person
When a teenager gets abducted by a human trafficking ring, her mother, Sharon, enlists the help of her estranged friend, Lena, to find her. Lena is...