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Racial Uplift, Black Power, and Reparations on the Kansas Frontier: Abram T. Hall, Edward P. McCabe, and John W. Niles
Nicodemus Kansas, 1885 “Image Courtsey of Kansas Historical Society” In the article below independent historian Charlotte Hinger explores the concept...
William Bolden Townsend (1854-1917)
William Bolden Townsend, a journalist, educator, lawyer, and politician, gained fame through his campaigns against racist violence. He was born...
Kansas Emancipation League (1862)
The Kansas Emancipation League’s primary goal was “to bring about emancipation throughout the whole land.” It was initiated at the...
William Lewis Eagleson (1835-1899)
William Lewis Eagleson published the Colored Citizen, the first black-owned newspaper in Kansas. He was born a slave August 9,...
Abram Thompson Hall Jr. (1851-1951)
Abram Thompson Hall, Jr., a northern journalist, forced the organization of Graham County after arriving in Nicodemus, Kansas, the first...
John Wayne Niles (1842 — ?)
Nicodemus Street Scene, ca. 1885 “Image Ownership: Public Domain” John W. Niles was one of the founders of Nicodemus, Kansas,...
Gail Dennise Mathieu (1951?- )
Ambassador Gail Dennise Mathieu, ca. 2008 “Image Ownership: Public Domain” Gail Dennise Mathieu, a career member of the Senior Foreign...
Samuel Z. Westerfield (1920-1972)
Samuel Z. Westerfield, Jr., a Career Foreign Service Officer, was appointed ambassador to Liberia July 8, 1969 with the title...
Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr. (1924-1983)
Clarence Clyde Ferguson was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Uganda on March 17, 1970 by President Richard Nixon. He...