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Grant to help restore and preserve B’nai Israel Cemetery in Eudora
The B’nai Israel Cemetery in Eudora, a historic Jewish cemetery where some of the town’s founders are buried, will undergo restoration and preservation efforts as part of a grant.
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Date set for third screening of ‘Searching for La Yarda’
The short documentary film “Searching for La Yarda” will be screened for a third time soon.
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‘We must tell the truth of our past before we can improve it,’ Lawrence NAACP chair says
Remembering what happened to three Black men lynched in Lawrence more than 139 years ago is crucially important to improving racial equity now, Lawrence NAACP chair Ursula Minor said Thursday.
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Soil collection ceremony to continue remembrance of 3 Black men lynched in Lawrence in 1882
Soil recently collected from near where three Black men — Pete Vinegar, Isaac King and George Robertson — were lynched in Lawrence on June 10, 1882 will serve as the latest memorial of one of the community’s darkest days.
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Events bring awareness to children’s deaths at Indian boarding schools, honor survivors
Sept. 30 was designated as a day of remembrance to raise awareness of the tragic legacy of residential schools and honor National Indian Boarding School survivors.
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Lawrence Arts Center adds encore screening of ‘Searching for La Yarda’
The Lawrence Arts Center has added a second screening of a short film documenting the story of La Yarda, the housing unit built for Mexican American railroad workers from 1920-51 in East Lawrence.
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Performers make history at Blackout drag show in Lawrence
Black and Brown performers made history at the Thirsty Thursday “Blackout” drag show, which featured only People of Color, at the Jazzhaus in downtown Lawrence.
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‘Searching for La Yarda’ documentary to screen at Lawrence Arts Center in October
A short film documenting the story of La Yarda, the housing unit built for Mexican-American railroad workers from 1920-51 in East Lawrence, is set to screen next month at the Lawrence Arts Center.
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Which Free Stater are you? Watkins Museum quiz can tell you
A fun online quiz from the Watkins Museum of History will help you answer a question you might not have asked yourself before: Which Free Stater do you most resemble?
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Watkins Museum exhibition to spotlight abolitionist John Brown
A new traveling exhibition on abolitionist John Brown will make its debut at Lawrence’s Watkins Museum of History next Saturday.
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