Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 25 of 147

A Negro settlement in Kansas; and newspaper clippings

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS D64
Overview This volume contains an essay written by Robert Hackenberg which chronicles the history and development of the town of Nicodemus located in Graham County. Nicodemus was one of the first black colonies established in the state of Kansas after the Emancipation Proclamation.Also included in the back of the volume are three newspaper clippings from 1959 about the town of Nicodemus and its inhabitants. Two of the clippings relate the history of the town through the 1950s. The third...
Dates: 1918

African American history clippings

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1183
Overview

The African American history clippings collection covers a range of topics related to African American history, with some of the material relating specifically to Kansas and the Kansas City area.

Dates: 1960 - 1996

African American photograph album

 Collection — Box: 1
Call Number: RH PH 531
Overview

This collection consists of photographic prints and tintypes of African Americans, taken in eastern Kansas in the latter half of the 19th century. The posed and informal portraits had been compiled into an album that has been disbound due to severe deterioration. Images include individuals and groups of babies, children, and adults; most of the photographs were taken in studios and are posed in exterior or interior settings.

Dates: [between 1880-1900]

African American World War II oral history collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1439
Overview This collection consists of audio recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews of African American World War II veterans located in Kansas, from a project conducted by staff and students at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas with sponsorship from the Sandra Gautt KU Endowment. Also in the collection are some photographs and photocopies of photographic prints, original military-related documents and copies of documents, reference material, and other materials...
Dates: 1940s, 2010-2013

Afrikan Culture Society records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 881
Overview

The Afrikan Culture Society records are those of a Leavenworth Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas based group attempting to raise awareness of African American history and cultural, social, and political problems.

Dates: 1987 - 1988

Allabelle O. Napue papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 723
Overview

The papers of Allabelle O. Napue are those of a Topeka, Kansas resident who owned and operated a beauty shop there in the mid-20th century and who was a prominent member of the Topeka African American community.

Dates: 1929 - 1986

Austin-Frey family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1026
Overview

The Austin-Frey family papers document a family whose members came to reside in Osage City and Lawrence, Kansas from the late 1800s to the late 1900s.

Dates: 1946 - 1988

Autobiographies of a man and woman, Oskaloosa, Kansas, late 19th century

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS D177
Overview

Two separate autobiographies, the first by a farmer born near Oskaloosa, Kansas, and the second by a woman, possibly his wife.

Dates: late 19th century

Banks family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1488
Overview

The Banks family collection consists of papers from long-time Kansas City residents Wade B. Banks, Jr., his wife Blanche, and their family. Most of the collection focuses on Blanche's involvement in the First African Methodist Episcopal Church (FAME), research into family geneology, work as principal of Shawnee Mission North High School, correspondence, speeches, reference material, and papers concerning civil rights in the United States.

Dates: 1921 - 2017

Benjamin Day papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 502
Overview

Benjamin Day served as an educator and principal in the Leavenworth, Kansas, school system for thirty one years before becoming a City Council member and the city's first African American mayor. The collection contains material relating to his service to the city, as well as his involvment in other community organizations.

Dates: 1966 - 1981

Benjamin LeRoy "Roy" Love collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1572
Overview

The Benjamin LeRoy “Roy” Love collection includes videos of storyteller, songwriter, and farmer Roy Love of Kickapoo, Kansas, who lived to be 104. Stories include old farming practices, his segregated schooling, and his father’s enslavement by his own white father. The papers in the collection are memories of neighbors and photocopies of historical documents gathered by the grandson of a neighbor, Michael-Lee O’Brien Brockhouse, as well as a song and some letters written by Roy Love.

Dates: January 26, 1982 - October 31, 2020

Billy Q. McCray papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 430
Overview

The Billy Q. McCray papers are those of a long time Kansas resident who served in both the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas Senate before becoming director of the Kansas Department of Economic Development Office of Minority Business. This collection of McCray's papers includes correspondence from constituents, documents generated by the Education and the Ways and Means Committees, legislation introduced by McCray, and papers of the Kansas Legislature's Minority Caucus.

Dates: 1975 - 1985

Black Values and Public Policy Project records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1163
Overview

The Black Values and Public Policy Project records are those of a Kansas Committee for the Humanities funded University of Kansas project.

Dates: 1976 - 1977

#BlackatKU Twitter archive

 Collection
Call Number: RG Internet 2
Overview 2019-2020 student body president Tiara Floyd, the first woman of color to hold the office at the University of Kansas, started the Twitter hashtag #BlackatKU in June 2020 to give students, faculty, and staff of color at the University of Kansas a place to share their experiences with racism and microaggression while studying and working at KU. The hashtag was begun amid nationwide protests regarding the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor during the Black Lives Matter...
Dates: 2020 - 2021

Bowers and Bryant Families papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1156
Overview

The Bowers and Bryant Families Papers are those of long time Kansas residents, especially in Lawrence, Kansas and especially focusing on the first half of the twentieth century.

Dates: 1900 - 1957

Brent Campney research on racist violence against African Americans

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1492
Overview The Brent Campney collection focuses on Dr. Campney's work in researching racist violence, especially towards African Americans in the Great Plains region of the United States. The collection contains newspaper clippings from the mid-1800s through the 20th century, with topics including the Exodusters, racist violence during the Reconstruction period, and violence in both general (Kansas) and specific (Salina, Atchison County, etc.) places. A large subset of materials relates to the 1949...
Dates: 1863-2001 (bulk 1863-1920s)

Brief for McDonald v. McGuire

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P663
Overview

This legal brief is a brief for the appellant in 1849 McDonald v. McGuire suit over slave ownership.

Dates: 1849

Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence, and Research records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 876
Overview

The records in this collection are those of the Topeka, Kansas-based Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence, and Research, established in 1988 as a tribute to the 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education case and its plaintiffs and participants. These records include general information on the foundation and related subjects and events.

Dates: 1970 - 2023

Charles F. McAfee papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P807
Overview

The Charles F. McAfee papers are those of a long time Kansas resident who began an award-winning Wichita, Kansas architecture firm.

Dates: 1978 - 1984

Charles S. Scott papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1145
Overview

The Charles S. Scott Papers are those of a prominent native Topeka, Kansas lawyer who focused on civil rights and was one of the plaintiff's lawyers in the landmark Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas case.

Dates: 1918 - 1989

Cheryl Brown Henderson campaign papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1190
Overview

The Cheryl Brown Henderson Campaign Papers are those of one of the three 1996 U.S. House of Representatives, Kansas Second District Republican candidates and candidate for the Kansas House of Representatives 55th District during the 1998 election.

Dates: 1968-1979; 1989-1998

Chester I. Lewis papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 558
Overview

Chester I. Lewis (1928-1990), a Hutchinson, Kansas native, became a Wichita-based attorney and leader in the modern Civil Rights movement. This collection of his papers primarily reflects his leadership in the NAACP "Young Turks" organization and other civil rights efforts.

Dates: 1948 - 1991

Chester Lewis oral history collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 889
Overview

The Chester Lewis oral history collection was compiled by the Sedgwick County Historical Museum of Wichita, Kansas with support by the Kansas Humanities Council, for use in a museum exhibit entitled "Chester I. Lewis: a Civil Rights Legacy".

Dates: 2006

Chester Owens collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1549
Overview

This collection consists of materials Chester Owens has gathered about the Kansas City, Kansas region and the history of African Americans in the region, as well as materials regarding his own political career as a Kansas City, Kansas city councilman. Much of the collection concerns H.W. Sewing, businessman and founder of Douglass State Bank.

Dates: 1923-2010 (bulk 1950s-1980s)

Clarence Love papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 423
Overview

Clarence Love was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the Wyandotte County 35th District from 1966 until his retirement in 1988. The collection reflects his legislative activities during his entire 22 years of service.

Dates: 1922-1990s (bulk 1969-1989)

Filtered By

  • Subject: African Americans X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
African Americans -- Kansas 16
African Americans -- Kansas -- Politics and government 12
African Americans -- Kansas -- Topeka 12
African Americans -- Kansas -- Kansas City 9
African American legislators -- Kansas 8
∨ more
African Americans -- Kansas -- Lawrence 7
African American families -- Kansas 6
Nicodemus (Kan.) -- History 5
African Americans -- Hospitals -- Kansas -- Kansas City 4
African Americans -- Kansas -- History 4
African Americans -- Kansas -- Leavenworth 4
African Americans -- Kansas -- Nicodemus -- History 4
African Americans -- Kansas -- Wichita 4
African Americans -- Portraits 4
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Kansas 3
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Kansas -- Topeka 3
African Americans -- Education (Higher) 3
African Americans -- History 3
African Americans -- Kansas -- Manhattan 3
African Americans -- Missouri 3
African Americans -- Vocational education -- Kansas -- Topeka 3
African American arts -- History 2
African American athletes 2
African American churches -- Kansas 2
African American educators -- Kansas 2
African American families -- Kansas -- Leavenworth 2
African American families -- Kansas -- Photographs 2
African American families -- Kansas -- Topeka 2
African American lawyers -- Kansas 2
African American mayors -- United States 2
African American musicians 2
African American nurses -- Kansas -- Kansas City 2
African American physicians -- Kansas 2
African American students -- Kansas -- Kansas City 2
African American women -- Kansas 2
African Americans -- Civil rights 2
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century 2
African Americans -- Education 2
African Americans -- Education -- Kansas -- Kansas City 2
African Americans -- Genealogy 2
African Americans -- Hospitals -- Kansas -- History 2
African Americans -- Intellectual life 2
African Americans -- Kansas -- Coffeyville 2
African Americans -- Kansas -- Photographs 2
African Americans -- Suffrage 2
American drama -- African American authors 2
American literature -- African American authors 2
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site (Topeka, Kan.) 2
Civil rights -- Kansas 2
Civil rights movements -- Kansas -- Wichita -- History 2
Community centers -- Kansas -- Kansas City 2
Harlem Renaissance 2
Kansas City (Kan.) -- Politics and government 2
Lawrence (Kan.) -- Race relations 2
Nurses -- Kansas -- Kansas City 2
Schools -- Kansas -- Kansas City 2
Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States 2
Topeka (Kan.) -- History 2
Topeka (Kan.) -- Politics and government 2
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 2
United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans 2
United States -- Race relations 2
Wyandotte County (Kan.) -- History 2
Abilene (Kan.) -- Politics and government 1
Abused wives -- Services for -- Kansas -- Kansas City 1
African American Baptists -- Kansas 1
African American Baptists -- Periodicals 1
African American actors. 1
African American architects -- Kansas -- Wichita 1
African American art. 1
African American arts 1
African American baseball players -- Kansas 1
African American business enterprises -- Kansas -- Atchison 1
African American business enterprises -- Kansas -- Lawrence 1
African American businesspeople -- Kansas -- Atchison 1
African American businesspeople -- Kansas -- Topeka 1
African American businesspeople -- Louisiana -- Alexandria 1
African American children -- Kansas -- Kansas City 1
African American children -- Kansas -- Topeka 1
African American college students -- Kansas -- Lawrence 1
African American composers. 1
African American educators -- Colorado 1
African American educators -- Kansas -- Salina 1
African American engineers 1
African American entertainers 1
African American families 1
African American families -- Kansas -- Junction City 1
African American families -- Kansas -- Kansas City 1
African American families -- Kansas -- Lawrence 1
African American families -- Kansas -- Newton 1
African American families -- Kansas -- Oskaloosa 1
African American families -- Kansas -- Ottawa -- Photographs 1
African American families -- Missouri 1
African American farmers -- Kansas -- Atchison County 1
African American farmers -- Kansas -- Stafford County 1
African American fire fighters -- Kansas -- Wichita 1
African American freemasonry -- Kansas -- Pictorial works 1
African American freemasons -- Kansas 1
African American lawyers -- Kansas -- Topeka 1
African American legislators -- Kansas -- Biography 1
+ ∧ less
 
Language
Dutch; Flemish 1
 
Names
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 7
Douglass Hospital (Kansas City, Kan.) 5
University of Kansas 4
Kansas Vocational School 3
Kansas. Legislature 3
∨ more
Sumner High School (Kansas City, Kan.) 3
African Methodist Episcopal Church 2
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 2
Armitage, Katie 2
Bowers, Ella, 1871- 2
Coordinating Committee of the Black Community (Topeka, Kan.) 2
Friends of Yates Branch (Kansas City, Kan.) 2
Gordon, Jacob U. 2
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 2
Kansas Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers 2
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity 2
Lewis, Chester I. 2
National Medical Association (U.S.) 2
Paul Laurence Dunbar School (Salina, Kan.) 2
Sigma Pi Phi 2
Topeka Back Home Reunion 2
Topeka School District (Topeka, Kan.) 2
University of Kansas. Department of African and African-American Studies 2
Western University (Kansas) 2
Young Women's Christian Association (Kansas City, Kan.) 2
Afrikan Culture Society 1
Alexander, A. Gillan 1
Alexander, Jack, 1930- 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Delta Chapter (University of Kansas) 1
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity 1
Anderson, Eugene, 1944- 1
Anderson, J. B. (Joseph B.) 1
Anderson, Pearl Gatewood, 1909-1980 1
Austin family. 1
Bailey Truck Line Company (Abilene, Kan.) 1
Bailey, Elvin J., 1907- 1
Baker University 1
Banks, Blanche O. 1
Banks, Wade, III 1
Baptist Training Union 1
Bassett family. 1
Bates-Tompkins, Angela 1
Bayard, Ruth L., 1917-2007 1
Beard, Almenita 1
Beard, David 1
Black Values and Public Policy Project 1
Bowers family. 1
Bowers, James L., 1884-1949 1
Boy Scouts of America 1
Boy Scouts of America. Troop 22 (Topeka, Kan.) 1
Branch, Lois 1
Brockhouse, Michael Lee 1
Brodhead, Michael J. 1
Brotherhood of Trainmen, Brakemen, Porters, Switchmen, Firemen, and Railway Employees 1
Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research 1
Brown, Grant G., 1874-1925 1
Brown, Shirley 1
Brown, Val J., 1953- 1
Browne, Edward Frederick, 1843-1924 1
Bryant family. 1
Bryant, Della E. 1
Bryant, James 1
Buckingham Books 1
Buckner, Lauretta 1
Caldwell family. 1
Caldwell, Robert C., 1913-1999 1
Calvary Baptist Church (Wichita, Kan.) 1
Campney, Brent M. S. 1
Case Western Reserve University 1
Central Congregational Church (Topeka, Kan.) 1
Charles F. McAfee (Firm) 1
Church of the Ascension (Kansas City, Kan.) 1
Clairborne, Earline, 1924-2015 1
Clark, Penny, 1959- 1
Clarke, Sidney, 1831-1909 1
Coffey School of Aeronautics 1
Coffey family. 1
Coffey, Cornelius R., 1903-1994 1
Coffey, Vernon C., 1894-1991 1
Coker, William H. 1
Collins, Ercelle 1
Colored Business Club (Alexandria, La.) 1
Committee on Racial Equality (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Confederate States of America. Army 1
Cooper (Family : Topeka, Kan.) 1
Cooper, Emma Ellene, 1889-1972 1
Cooper, W. D. (William Damascus), 1861-1965 1
Coordinating Committee for the Black Community (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Cox (Family : Topeka, Kan.) 1
Cox, E. Beth (Elene Beth), 1946-1998 1
Cox, Henrietta Sheppard, 1919-2004 1
Cox, Josiah Clark, 1914-1995 1
Cox, Thomas C. 1
Craig, Lulu Sadler, 1868-1972 1
Cribbs, Theo, 1915-1993 1
Dandridge, Bertha, 1896-1992 1
Dandridge, Deborah L., 1946- 1
Dandridge, Harry, 1891-1969 1
Davis, James P., 1927-1979 1
Day, Benjamin, 1925- 1
+ ∧ less