When WalMart announced plans to close 150 plus across the country, it’s a surprise you couldn’t hear the collective sigh from the millions of frustrated shoppers who weren’t sure how […]
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Kansas Native Invents Basketball’s Fast Break and More
John B. McLendon, Jr. was born in Hiawatha, Kansas and graduated from KU in 1936 with a degree in Physical Education. While at KU, he studied basketball under its creator, […]
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New WPD Chief Speaks on Community Issues
In what was a cordial beginning to his relationship with Wichita’s African-American community, new Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay answered questions and visited one-on-one with members of the community during […]
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Another Lawsuit Filed Friday Around Kansas Voting Rights
Civil Rights organizations in Kansas, Georgia and Alabama joined together in this latest lawsuit challenging a recent decision to allow those states to require proof of citizenship when their citizens […]
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Webb V. School District 90, Sets the Way for Brown V. Topeka
A little talked about Kansas case in 1949 was an important forerunner to the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit which would make school segregation illegal nationwide. In […]
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Matthews Helps Organize First Colored Regiment
Born in Maryland in 1827, William D. Matthews had worked as a seaman from Baltimore before moving to Leavenworth Kansas in 1856 and opening the Waverly House, a boardinghouse that […]
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Lutie Lytle First African American Woman to be admitted to the Kansas Bar
Lutie Lytle First African American Woman to be admitted to the Kansas Bar Lutie Lytle (1875 – 1950) In October 1897 Topekans were buzzing with the news that one of […]
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Quindaro, KS — Gateway to Freedom
Quindaro Settlement (founded 1854) A gateway to freedom. When Kansas Territory was opened for settlement in 1854, a number of towns sprang up along the Missouri and Kansas Rivers. Some […]
