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Exhibit at library honors women who have made history in Lawrence
The small dresses in artist Liza MacKinnon’s exhibition, “A Kansas Childhood,” embody a meaning much larger than their physical size.

Photos: Crews assess how to return Kaw Nation’s prayer rock
Crews were at work Thursday morning in Lawrence to determine how exactly to move a massive boulder in order to return it to its rightful owners.

Amtrak station parking lot project uncovers remnants of old freight house
A project to improve parking for Lawrence’s Amtrak station has unearthed a piece of the […]

Chance find in Lawrence City Hall answers a 138-year-old question: Where are the 3 Black men lynched in 1882 buried?
A small pink flag signifies an answer 138 years in the making: the burial location of Pete Vinegar, one of three Black men lynched in Lawrence in the summer of 1882.

Short film to document culture, history of Mexican community in East Lawrence
A recent University of Kansas graduate is working on a project to capture the history […]

Meet The Lawrence Times, part II: Why John Brown?
Note: Please see these related intro posts for information about the Times, what we’re doing […]

What the history of ‘Noose Road’ tells us about Kansas, race and the lynchings of Black men
Originally published by the Kansas News Service on March 2, 2021 HAYS, Kansas — On the […]
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