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March 2015

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1 Justice Postponed Is Justice Denied: Lucile Bluford & the Campaign for Educational Equality 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO Bleeding Kansas 2015 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM \| Lecompton,KS	2 Justice Postponed Is Justice Denied: Lucile Bluford & the Campaign for Educational Equality 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO Radio Show featuring FFNHA 9:05 AM - 10:00 AM \| ,KS	3 Justice Postponed Is Justice Denied: Lucile Bluford & the Campaign for Educational Equality 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO	4 Justice Postponed Is Justice Denied: Lucile Bluford & the Campaign for Educational Equality 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO 100 Things to Do in Kansas City Before You Die - Traci Angel 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM \| Kansas City,MO	5 Justice Postponed Is Justice Denied: Lucile Bluford & the Campaign for Educational Equality 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO	6 Justice Postponed Is Justice Denied: Lucile Bluford & the Campaign for Educational Equality 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO	7 Justice Postponed Is Justice Denied: Lucile Bluford & the Campaign for Educational Equality 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO The Things They Carried Home Preservation Workshop 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM \| Fort Scott,KS 150 Years of African American Funeral History of Kansas City 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM \| Kansas City,MO 1 more event on this day
8 Justice Postponed Is Justice Denied: Lucile Bluford & the Campaign for Educational Equality 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO	9 Justice Postponed Is Justice Denied: Lucile Bluford & the Campaign for Educational Equality 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO	10 Lincoln's Last Months and Victory - Terry Beckenbaugh 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO	11	12 The Old Home Place 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM \| Lenexa,KS James Madison by author: David O. Stewart 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO	13	14 Saturdays by the Grinter Stove 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM \| Kansas City,KS 3rd Missouri Spring Muster 12:00 AM - 12:00 PM \| Gladstone,MO DOUBLE HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION :: Jim Bridger’s 211th Birthday Celebration! 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO
15 3rd Missouri Spring Muster 12:00 AM - 12:00 PM \| Gladstone,MO Tales of the Historic West Bottoms - Steve Noll 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM \| Kansas City,MO	16	17	18	19 The Civil Rights Century: Milestones in Black History 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO “Lawyers, Guns, and Money: The Banana Wars” 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM \| Fort Leavenworth,KS	20	21 Shared Stories of the Civil War 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM \| Fort Scott,KS
22	23 Mt. Gilead Monday: The Underground Railroad 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM \| Kearney,MO	24	25	26	27	28 PAIR Day 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM \| Fort Leavenworth,KS
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Monday, March 02, 2015

Justice Postponed Is Justice Denied: Lucile Bluford & the Campaign for Educational Equality

Lucile Bluford played a key role in the elimination of the country's "separate but equal" doctrine. Though losing a legal battle for admission to MU's graduate program in... details>>

Monday, March 02, 2015

Radio Show featuring FFNHA

Jan Biles, Topeka CJ feature writer will talk about her new series on Freedom’s Frontier, and Judy Billings, co-founder of Freedom’s Frontier, will talk about the process... details>>

Tuesday, March 03, 2015

Justice Postponed Is Justice Denied: Lucile Bluford & the Campaign for Educational Equality

Lucile Bluford played a key role in the elimination of the country's "separate but equal" doctrine. Though losing a legal battle for admission to MU's graduate program in... details>>

Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Justice Postponed Is Justice Denied: Lucile Bluford & the Campaign for Educational Equality

Lucile Bluford played a key role in the elimination of the country's "separate but equal" doctrine. Though losing a legal battle for admission to MU's graduate program in... details>>

Wednesday, March 04, 2015

100 Things to Do in Kansas City Before You Die - Traci Angel

Barbecue, jazz, Steamboat Arabia, and the Liberty Memorial, you probably know. But a comprehensive list of must-dos in Kansas City and the surrounding area also includes the... details>>

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2/10/2015

Fifty Years Since Selma: A Voting Rights History and Story

Garrison Cultural Center News Release Contact: Brigitte Oard, board@ci.liberty.mo.us, (816) 439-4360 Fifty Years Since Selma: A Voting Rights... continue>>

12/11/2014

Director selected to lead Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site

National Park Service News Release Contact: Patty Rooney, Public Affairs Specialist National Park Service Midwest Regional Office 601... continue>>

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What is Freedom's Frontier?

Events that happened in the 29 eastern Kansas and 12 western Missouri counties of Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area led to the Civil War and an enduring struggle for freedom. Conflict over slavery and other issues drew those on both sides into a violent Border War. Missouri heroes were Kansas villains. Kansas victories were Missouri tragedies. Now Freedom’s Frontier bridges the border. Explore Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area and experience from many viewpoints the strong freedom story that runs along the Missouri Kansas border.